I wasn't posting during the rally- I was busy riding the rally.
I only caught minimum grief for the fact that I left my rally flag hanging on the third bonus location. Duh.
I lost a lot of time during the rally due to a problem with my farkle wiring. I lost power to my GPS, heated clothing, and aux lighting. About three hundred miled into the rally, I was passing near Bakersfield, so I went off route and stopped in at my home to fix the problem. I ended up having to bypass some relays and I was back online. It was nice to have my GPS and XM radio back online. Then I managed to pop the wire apart on my cheapo ear buds.
The stop off at Bakersfield cost me about 2.5 hours- around and hour for the fix, and about 40 minutes or so each way off track. Were it not for that delay, I would have gone for three large bonii in Sequoia (the General Grant Tree) and Yosemite (Glacier Point and Wawona) and still been ahead of where I was.
I ended up having a great time, and finishing around 16th. It was a great ride on its own. But it was also a great opportunity to test out some new systems and gear that I'll be using in the Iron Butt Rally in a couple of months.
Here's the last photo of my flag in the rally... the second photo bonus. D'Oh!
And the three Muffler Men I got as bonii:
San Jose
Bakersfield:
The last rally bonus for me at around 4:10
Hayward:
