Just had a wonderful breakfast with Joel R. and Dave McQueeney.  I mentioned Joel yesterday and we continued on with conversation about FJR’s, BMWs, and some of the differences of the Utah 1088 compared to the IBR.  He was pleasantly surprised to find out we don’t keep fuel logs and that 7 a.m. Sunday you have to have your packet in the box…not back to the finish line by that time.

Dave is a volunteer for the rally and ridden about every permutation of ride the IBA has to offer.  Dude’s a soft-spoken legend.

This morning I’ll be going to Wal-Mart to provision a few things like beef jerky, I’ll be checking out my rear brake light switch…I think it’s intermittent, confirming I can upload data to my GPS with new Streets and Trip 2010 version, and little odds and ends.

I also see RenoJohn is making he way from Wendover for a dramatic entrance.  RJ reminds me of Jethro Clampett with a website.

There are a lot of newbies this year and weirdly I find when I hear some discussion and I am able to help it along that some get quiet as I’m saying something sagely.  When more questions follow and people pay attention it feels kinda weird, but nice.

I hope to blog a bit this afternoon and should have a couple pictures in the next installment.

Tech Inspection begins at 1 p.m. and guessing to be done about 3 or so.  It includes paperwork, checking the bike for soundness, and running an odometer calibration route.

Then a riders meeting at 7 p.m.  After that the game begins……..breath Matt….breathe.