The motorcycle ride was one that was sponsored by Jim Klobuchar (not sure I spelled it correctly). He was a pretty famous newspaper writer, I think. His daughter is now a senator (or politician of some sort). I can't remember the bicycle ride route, but it was in southern Minnesota. I ended up riding with 3 people from Texas who had come up for the ride.
Back then, I didn't know a whole lot about bicycling. I had no idea that there were different bike saddles for men and for women. After the first day, I found out that I had a men's saddle on my bike. My butt (and other softer parts) hurt so badly that I spent the entire second day of the ride pedalling standing up. No kidding. I survived the week-long ride, and had fun, but it was a pretty agonizing ride for certain parts of my body.
Marnie
