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Finally!!! I can't wait to get my hands on the coveted BA.com Fantasy Football trophy! Maybe we should hold some type of ceremony. 
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Heading out now. See you all there!!
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Arrived in westby. If anyone needs to contact me my cell # is 630-335-0602.
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We made it home around 1230. Missed any additional rain.
We had a good time, quite the adventure. It was great seeing everyone again and a couple of new faces as well.
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After guessing our way through various routes due to road closed signs and maintenance crews clearing mudslide and flood debris, Doren and I made it home, too. Today was also an adventure... Doren intentionally took his bike off road (no damage, etc.)... but I'll save that story for next year.  We stayed dry also which is why we left so early this morning. Great times as always... thanks everyone. 
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Home again myself, great outing, thanks Scott for putting this together again this year, See you all again next summer!
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Just got in and dodged the weather!!! As always, I had a great time and look forward to next year.
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After having breakfast with Eddy and Barry We left after 10 and missed the rain. It didn't look good heading east on 27. It seemed We drove between the nasty clouds to the sunlight. Thanks to Scott for dealing with Ruth and it was great seeing and meeting everyone this year. Hope to do it again next year...or even get a few to come to the mid west Rock river rat weekend in September in New Glarus Wi. Also saturday night when We were under the bank's roof watching the storm there was a tornado 15 miles away in Rio wi.
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I stayed dry until Iowa City where there a few sprinkles so I stopped for lunch. Hit rain from Williamsburg until Grinnell and then dry. Not too bad, nothing like last night. I was dry by the time I got home even without the rain gear. We need to choose non-rainy weekend next year.
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If there's no pictures, it didn't happen!  COME ON GUYS! 
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Home safe and dry at about 3pm. Beautiful weather for the ride home today. Thanks everyone for coming out and making this rally so much fun. Already thinking about next year.
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I only took a couple of pics, as my phone was focused on the weather radar 90% of the time. I know others took a bunch of pics, hopefully they post them here.  Sorry, I don't know how to resize the pic.
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Facebookers should be able to see these. They are set to public. 2013 rally pics rainy return movie A good time was had by all.
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Follow this link to see the pics I took and you can choose to download any right to your computer. 2013 rally pics
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thanks you guys, great collection of pictures and I like that returning video.
I think Margaret shot some video during some of the good weather riding. I will try to get that posted.
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Guys, what an incredible weekend! I totally enjoyed the ride down and back, I even enjoyed riding in the worst rain storm I have eve ridden in! If anyone ever doubts it, you are all TRUE bikers..."1/2 Percenters" that will ride in severe weather! But then again the option was to get washed away! Way home was a treat, got hit just south of Eau Clair by big rain drops that smarted but not enough to get wet, pulled over and visited a friend in Rice Lake and when I got back on the bike sky was blue! Really missed seeing all who could not make it. We toasted Big Jack Wilson and his memory...the only sad moment of the trip. Till we meet again you hooligans! eddy
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Thanks for the pics Eddy. Crimony I've gotten fat. 
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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this is a clip that Margaret shot on the friday ride. Rich and Mitch are the riders in view. 
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