Well now boys and girls the weather man said smooth sailing for this weekend and this will be a first! in the 7 previous years I have gone to the boogie I have gotten wet either on the way there or on the way home but this year they were saying no rain! now let me recap some of how this has worked my first year it started raining one mile from I-35 heading east on I-44  and rained all the way to St Louis Mo which is roughly 500 miles! now it was not a hard rain just steady.  The next year was smooth sailing to St Louis but then it hammered me all the way to Tara Houte Ind. which is about 300 miles! the next year I got hammered for about 100 miles of southern Mo and just into Okla. I think the next year it drizzled on me the last 100 or so miles! then the next year I followed the tornado they blew thru the night before and rained the last 40 miles! last year I got caught in a late evening storm just out side of St Louis between St Roberts and Bourbon, I had planned to spend the night there which was good because St Louis had no power and lots of tree limbs on the roadway!   

you should figure out I'm expecting rain Right! well I headed out on Wednesday about 1:30 or 2  in the afternoon, nice sunny day not too hot just a great day for a ride. about 9:30 I was on the other side of St Louis! just a nice afternoon ride. I got a room and then went and got something to eat and hit the rack! I split this trip so I get there just as the gates open 12 noon so I get my preferred camping spot!

 I have camped in the same place since they moved the boogie to the new location. and I don't like to ride after dark! I got up about 8am on Friday morning got gas and a cup of coffee and hit the highway!  once again clear skies and nice riding it was great Im still looking for the rain as turned north on highway 34 Im only 60 some miles from the boogie and not wet yet I'm thinking Im getting wet on the way home not on the way there!  well I rode into and thru Bedford im less than 10 miles from being there and I see a drop of water on the wind shield! three more miles of sprinkles and her it comes one mile of pretty hard rain the crotch of my pants are wet! it counts. I got two more showers in the last 3 miles but by the time I turned off the highway onto road into camp it had stopped! if you have not caught the jist of this part of the story,  this party is worth the ride no matter!  


Now I made my way to the gate and checked in and headed down to my camping spot across from the games field and set up camp.  I had no more finished setting my tent up and airing up my mattress and stowed my gear with the skies opened up! it rained for about 20 min in which I arranged my gear in the tent got my camera put together and my head organized and it quit! 
I Visited with a couple of the venders I know while the excess water ran off and then I took my bike and headed up to what they call party central!