The wife and I wanted to pay off one of the bigger monthly bills early this year. \u00a0So while we are now spending $210 less on bills each month, we also had to bail out of a planned West Coast ride this summer.<\/p>\n
I knew I wasn’t going to be happy not riding anywhere over the warmer months. I also knew another brother wanted to get out of town as well so we started looking for places relatively close.<\/p>\n
We determined Arkansas was our best bet. We’re going to make Eureka Springs, AK <\/a>our home base for 5 days during the second week in June. It’s roughly 400 miles from Des Moines. A few others have decided to come with. We’ll be staying at The Trails Inn.<\/a>\u00a0One of the guys going with us has stayed at The Trails Inn and gave it a great review. He’s ridden Arkansas many times and knows several great roads. \u00a0Should be a great time.<\/p>\n I’m also considering an Iron Butt ride sometime this summer, just to say I did it. \u00a0Not sure on the route for that or which version of the Iron Butt I’d even do, but it’s in my head. More to come.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The wife and I wanted to pay off one of the bigger monthly bills early this year. \u00a0So while we are now spending $210 less on bills each month, we also had to bail out of a planned West Coast ride this summer. I knew I wasn’t going to be happy not riding anywhere over… <\/p>\n