1,050 miles in 17.5 hours

Forsyth, MT
Saturday, August 29th, 1:00 p.m.

Joe and a buddy did an Iron Butt Association "SaddleSore 1000" ride on Saturday, which means that they rode 1,000 miles in 24 hours or less. Yes, Iron Butt Association is for real and it has nothing to do with prison. They left sometime around 4 a.m. on Saturday heading to Forsyth, MT, which is 500 miles from Fargo.

They left at around 4 a.m. on Saturday to travel 500 miles (8.5 hours) on their beloved motorcycles to dine at the fine restaurant pictured below and then turn around and ride back to Fargo less than an hour (maybe even less than 30 minutes) after arriving at said fine restaurant. I hope the food was good.

For your convenience, below are the links to the IBA (not to be confused with IBS) and City of Forsyth websites so you can read about the SaddleSore, the BunBurner and other certified IBA rides and get to know the city of Forsyth as well.

Iron Butt Association: http://www.ironbutt.com/about/default.cfm

Forsyth, MT: http://www.city-data.com/city/Forsyth-Montana.html I couldn't find a city page for Forsyth, so that's what you get. It probably doesn't even qualify to be called a city. It's a town. Or whatever is smaller than a town. But I think it has the best Dairy Queen around.

So anyway, they made it to Forsyth and back to Fargo in 17.5 hours and they covered 1,050 miles safely and with no breakdowns. None. Woohoo!

On another note, my traveling companions (Sami and my sister, Karina) and myself made it 25 miles (?) in 2 hours on our journey from Albertville to Bloomington on Saturday. More on that later. Maybe.