It’s 8 a.m. and my desire to go ride my great FJR on phenomenal roads isn’t quite as high as I’d want. My ear is a bit sore and my butt is as well. I mean, I knocked over 2000 miles on the rally and the prospect of riding more doesn’t quite have the appeal. Maybe I’m just a wuss. ;)

But, I’m sure once I get out on the road it will be different. After big rides it’s sometimes like this.

I’m actually going to ride with RenoJohn and we’re going to meander and make it to Reno by tomorrow evening where’s he going to put me up…so I’m sure it will get fun because he says he knows the long way home. :)

Then to Eureka, California early Wednesday to get ready for riders coming the Western FJR Owners event. I’m planning to ride through the Sequoias and knock off another National Park.

And some people want to know the basics of how the rally went. Basically, you pretended you were living an entire lifetime in old Nevada….but in 32 hours. You made money by different methods, but tapping into the mining resources was a way I got to nearly $700,000 worth of revenue. But, in life you also spend money including playing poker and visiting whorehouses….and the goal was to spend as close to as much as you made so the taxman wouldn’t take it away when you die. I spent about $800,000 on hookers and poker.

But, the organizer gave you a way to shelter money or expenses and after you had your bonuses verified you went back to your room and picked cards from each pile and tried to get as close to $0 as you could. It’s what your obituary said that you made $700,000 and spend $700,195 for example that was your score minus penalties and taxes.

So, I thought was at $684,935 with $314 in taxes and $20,000 penalty because I asked for the digital file of bonuses (which I’d do again in a second because I rode directly to each bonus). Because I went to two bonuses titled “Camel Spit” I forgot they were a combo and I ended up spending $56,000 more than I thought. Then a tax hit of 1.75 times that amount = about $80,000 less. So, I got about $580,000. Third place was more than $100K less thought so even with my screw up my position didn’t change because Jeff and I were really the only two that figured out the key to the puzzle.

Mining minerals was semi-logarithmic where the last few of 18 were worth $100K each when they were only worth $15K the first few. And poker was logarithmic in that you visit one it only cost $100, but visit 6 and it cost $500,000. Make big money and spend big money.

Jeff Earls had no such penalty as me and scored about $723,000. He also did it by riding 200 miles less than me. Jeff is a role model for efficiency where I was a bull in a china shop that compensated by my right hand. Not elegant, but it is fun in Nevada to do!

My map for the next few days. Think Ely to Reno the long way, then to Eureka, then home on Sunday.