- WTF! No wonder no one likes Mondays
- About 1:00a Rick's tent collapses from wind gusts and the rain is very cold putting it back up
- Shine light at Laurie's tent and remind her that the storm's not just a brewin' but it's a happenin'
- Fall back asleep by 2:00a
- Sheriff is evacuating campground as weather turns very, very bad
- High school here we come
- Welcome to the post apocalyptic world
- Bodies laying everywhere - why don't we have a cooler of booze? Steve has a flask
- Mike and Dave want sleep - Rick, Laurie, Steve and Chris want fun
- "Only registered riders are allowed to be saved"
- About 3:30a go to van, but where's Dave and Mike
- We'll sleep in here until they return
- At 5:00a the cops sound the all-clear
- Trees down all over the camp site and Chris' tent is toast
- Nothing of ours blows away
- One speaker is filled with water but it still works
- Ride on a few hours of sleep up alternate route
- Dave and Laurie go to find a Pure Joy breakfast
- Johnetta Law doesn't like us on the alternate route
- She hates HARD even more - maybe she was mad she wasn't invited to a roadside party of vodka cranberry drinks
- Breakfast buffet in Sanborn where we run into Die Hards
- A couple beers and we're back on the road
- Melvin like to play that fuckin' Strokin' song - Dave and Laurie are in pure hell
- Rain comes and goes
- Neither rainy days nor Mondays are going to get us down
- Awesome bathroom in the bank
- All Entringers ride middle third and all South High teachers sag
- In Milford Mike gets bike fixed and Rick switch hits to his Trek
- Run into bassist Brad during air conditioned lunch - get that helmet off
- It's getting really humid and hot
- Rick decided to hammer the last 21 miles to beat the heat
- Didn't need to that as Mother Nature did a 15-20 degree drop - sounds and looks like hail
- By the time Rick gets into Esterville it starts to pour
- The welcoming committee may not know exactly where our overnight house is but they have a tent that keeps Rick dry
- How hard is it to find the Sindt's house when riding through solid water?
- They are a great host family that even set up a camper fully loaded for us
- Rick told them the rest of the team would be there in an hour - oh how wrong was he
- After two hours Laurie and Mike arrive with the bikes but without the other three guys
- Tsk, tsk Steve, you've been a very bad boy - one night in the hole for you
- Laurie takes a trip back to Milford for Dave and Chris
- They all get in later that evening, but Laurie and Dave are off to Northwood to pick up Sandy
- Those that remain kick back, eat Sloppy Joes, have a beer and watch Letterman until sleepy time overtakes them all.
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