2013 Salem 1000

[squiffynimrod]

Hopefully this will happen. I've started a new thread and pruned a bit from the 2013 Rally Planning thread.

Any discussion here about a Saddlesore 1000 for Salem yet? I seem to remember start points for Redmond in Miles City MT and Ely NV which made for some interesting route choices. Maybe we could start near the top left corner of the contiguous USA for instance?

I know there is strong interest from Mike Kneebone and the Iron Butt Association.

I was fiddling on Google maps this morning- Miles City MT and Rawlins WY are both around 1050 miles via superslab.

[GSA Girl]

I would be interested in a SS1000 if something came out of the South West. We left from Mesquite Nevada for the Redmond Rally and that worked very well. I would love another Pizza Party, it was GREAT! I will be pulling a Leesure Lite trailer this time.

[_Mark]

Found this link on the IBA website for Saddle Sore rides to or starting at Salem

http://www.ironbutt.com/moa/

Mark

[squiffynimrod]

Found this link on the IBA website for Saddle Sore rides to or starting at Salem

http://www.ironbutt.com/moa/

Mark

So it's official! IBA Salem 1000!

[bogthebasher]

So it's official! IBA Salem 1000!

It looks like a buddy and I will be doing one of the SS rides to Salem. I am pretty sure we will start in Moab which means we will take a few days to ride to the start point from our home in Calgary. We will take it easy going south through the 'Going to the Sun Road' and meander through the length of Yellowstone National Park and try an interesting pass in western Colorado (Douglas Pass) which is not high for Colorado at 8,268 feet but is a direct route south. Plan to spend a day poking around some short rides around Moab and then heading out for the 1000 mile ride sometime on Wednesday.