Grand Tour Results

[Bart]

Thanks, Mike and GLMC for providing a worthy incentive to visit lots of obscure small towns this season.

Where did I ride? Lots of states of course, but many were not very useful - or, I wasn't riding there for Z to A reasons. Wyoming for example. I rode many miles in that state and didn't pick up a single Z to A location. One in Montana and Arizona. Three in Utah and New Mexico. Five in Missouri, seven in Colorado, nine in Nebraska, ten in IL and all of eleven in South Dakota.

But...twenty-something in KS; thirty two in OK; forty one in TX; and lots and lots in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. Native American names seemed to be useful sources of "a" endings and there's lots of those in the middle of the country. I viewed Illinois as the motherlode and ultimately didn't get very many there, while I didn't leave many at all on the table in Iowa.

Were I to recommend anything for the next GT...for lots of reasons, this http://www.teamstrange.com/ibet.htm was the best GT ever. NOT because it was an Eddie James/Team Strange event, but because each potential location was precious and hard-won. Getting to 50 locations was very hard. If you look at the rider list, reports and results, well, those were the days.

Otherwise, I feel right now like I've been everywhere and that feels good with winter coming on.

Cheers to all,

Bart