WIMA Rally Day 0

Miles today: 149

Soundtrack: Halestorm

We waited out the rain before heading from the Boston burbs to Poland, ME for the main event of this trip, the annual international WIMA (Women's Intl Motorcycle Assn) rally, which this year is in the US. We mailed it in again today under the threat of rain and bc of leaving late and wanting to get in before dinner. It was hard to maintain 85 mph today. Between the wind, the trucks buffeting more wind, the cops (lol). Also, Julie's throttle hand was really feeling it 2 days in a row of holding that spring near the end of range. Hopefully that was our last day of interstate riding.

The rally is located at a camp, and the planning committee has really done a bang up job. It's all week with a full schedule.

Excellent.

While Jaron worked outside the home moving bikes, Julie worked inside the home and made up our beds. We did not move the beds together bc unfortunately they are not the same height.

We fell asleep to Jaron's many references to dorm life as a fish (freshman) in the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.

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