crazykz
05-29-2007, 09:50 PM
Hey All,
Well it's about time I post something since it's been a while. This past weekend was the 12-Hour long Bonzai Rally held by the GLMC out of Richland Center, WI. Big Kudos to Bill R. and the rest of the GLMC gang for hosting a great rally. People if you are looking for a fun short rally this is the one to do. The location is great and the atmosphere is friendly.
The night before we got together for dinner at Pizza Hut and then went back for refreshments at the hotel. Morning came and we all met at the Richland Center Community Center. Bill had arranged to have it so that there was plenty of room to spread out and plan. Thanks Bill. We all piled into the center at O-Dark-Thirty with some breakfast provided. At 6:15 the sheets were handed out and we were free to plan.
After plugging everything in it was 7:00 and time to leave but we decided to use our 45 minute rest bonus right away and use it to plan. I liked that they added that this year. So after 45 minutes more we decided that running the Big Lubowski was the way to collect the most points. You had to spell out Big Lubowski by visiting certain towns that started with the letters in Big Lubowski. I didn't follow my usual procedure to write down every bonus along the route. This was the mistake that would cost me placing first in expert. Grrrrrr.
We headed towards the river on 171 which is a great road. Spanky told me about it before the rally and he was right. Collecting along the way and avoiding one deer we headed up the river road. Collecting a few Lock and Dams we made to La Crosse where the world's largest 6-pack was on the list of bonuses.
Up the Minnesota side, because it's quicker, we finally made it to the Winona lock and dam which isn't in Winona but 8 more miles up the road. Bagged that and then over to Wisconsin and back up the river. Made it as far north as Buffalo City and then back down to La Crosse. We would find out later that two bonuses overlapped in the GPS and we could only see the one so we missed over 300 points in Fountain City. We went past that bonus twice and never realized it. Screwed!
Then it was a lot of interstate and all the way on 80 to Omro, WI. Then straight back on 80 again. We didn't get the efficiency award, BTW. :) Back into the good riding area getting some Veteran Memorials and finishing up with Big Lubowski. We had an hour to spare so we grab 5 of the closest bonuses to Richland Center and rolled in with 15 minutes to spare.
A great day to ride with great weather and light traffic. The results aren't official yet but I got 4th in Expert and 5th overall. I'll take it and I won't make the mistake of not following my routine again.
Rough route attached.
Curt
Well it's about time I post something since it's been a while. This past weekend was the 12-Hour long Bonzai Rally held by the GLMC out of Richland Center, WI. Big Kudos to Bill R. and the rest of the GLMC gang for hosting a great rally. People if you are looking for a fun short rally this is the one to do. The location is great and the atmosphere is friendly.
The night before we got together for dinner at Pizza Hut and then went back for refreshments at the hotel. Morning came and we all met at the Richland Center Community Center. Bill had arranged to have it so that there was plenty of room to spread out and plan. Thanks Bill. We all piled into the center at O-Dark-Thirty with some breakfast provided. At 6:15 the sheets were handed out and we were free to plan.
After plugging everything in it was 7:00 and time to leave but we decided to use our 45 minute rest bonus right away and use it to plan. I liked that they added that this year. So after 45 minutes more we decided that running the Big Lubowski was the way to collect the most points. You had to spell out Big Lubowski by visiting certain towns that started with the letters in Big Lubowski. I didn't follow my usual procedure to write down every bonus along the route. This was the mistake that would cost me placing first in expert. Grrrrrr.
We headed towards the river on 171 which is a great road. Spanky told me about it before the rally and he was right. Collecting along the way and avoiding one deer we headed up the river road. Collecting a few Lock and Dams we made to La Crosse where the world's largest 6-pack was on the list of bonuses.
Up the Minnesota side, because it's quicker, we finally made it to the Winona lock and dam which isn't in Winona but 8 more miles up the road. Bagged that and then over to Wisconsin and back up the river. Made it as far north as Buffalo City and then back down to La Crosse. We would find out later that two bonuses overlapped in the GPS and we could only see the one so we missed over 300 points in Fountain City. We went past that bonus twice and never realized it. Screwed!
Then it was a lot of interstate and all the way on 80 to Omro, WI. Then straight back on 80 again. We didn't get the efficiency award, BTW. :) Back into the good riding area getting some Veteran Memorials and finishing up with Big Lubowski. We had an hour to spare so we grab 5 of the closest bonuses to Richland Center and rolled in with 15 minutes to spare.
A great day to ride with great weather and light traffic. The results aren't official yet but I got 4th in Expert and 5th overall. I'll take it and I won't make the mistake of not following my routine again.
Rough route attached.
Curt