400 Miles with DanTheMan

[ryonker]

I just had a fantastic ride yesterday with DanTheMan!

He took me on a wonderful tour of his gorgeous northland up by lake Milacs. We rode 400 miles in beautiful weather on some incredible roads!

Not only did I get to meet him, I met his lovely wife and got a tour of a very cool tool factory that fabricates parts for just about everything.

Dan also hooked me up with a neat Suzuki trunk I can mount on the back of my bike !

Dan, thanks for an awesome day and for your gracious hospitality!

Rick

[DanTheMan]

Rick, You're very welcome!!!! I'll be posting the routes we followed hopefully by Monday, cameras were forgotton so there were only a few pictures taken at my house and my wife's job.

[bonanzadave]

Damn ! You guys are a couple road warriors !! I dont think I (my back) could keep up. Thats like going to Duluth and back...

[DanTheMan]

OK, I'm going to try and post a Google map that I've tried to make accurate. In order for it to show the route miles I had the end point at my house, but the same mileage applies for Rick's end point at his house.

OK, I tried to post a copy of the map, but I couldn't do it, so you'll have to follow the link, sorry.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=White+Bear+Lake,+MN&daddr=US-169+N+to:MN-47+N+to:Deer+St+to:4th+St+SE+to:Akerson+Rd+to:Co+Rd+16%2FCty+Rd+145+to:Co+Rd+15+to:2053+24th+St+SW+to:Lilac+Ave%2FVeterans+St+to:46.041782,-94.052582+to:US-169+S+to:MN-210+W%2FMN-371+BUS+N+to:MN-27+E+to:MN-210+W%2FMN-371+BUS+N+to:24th+St+SW&geocode=FRDwrwId7Md0-in5bU_gI9GyUjEkP2r8RBoo5Q%3BFRAdvAIdpM5q-g%3BFU9HxAIdghJt-g%3BFdw9xQIdBhxr-g%3BFdruxQId2i9q-g%3BFalUxwIdmvRg-g%3BFaTcxwIdqIhh-g%3BFRncyAIdvkhh-g%3BFXTeyAIdhLdf-il14_W7ueG2UjHQpmGqaotSsg%3BFUDCxwId3qRg-g%3B%3BFSo-vQIdyNJq-g%3BFahGwwId7P1h-g%3BFTCHvgIdqMFk-g%3BFTpGwwIdYPhh-g%3BFZHeyAIdJbxf-g&gl=us&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=5&mrsp=10&sz=10&via=3,5,6,7,10,12&sll=46.077041,-93.8974&sspn=0.547763,1.229095&ie=UTF8&ll=45.786679,-93.795776&spn=2.202503,4.916382&z=8

[ryonker]

Cool! It's great to see the map route. That was quite a ride!

Thanks Dan!

Rick

[bonanzadave]

Did you actually do that in one day ? I would have been ache'n by aitkin

[BassCliff]

Wow guys!

All that fun and no pictures?



Next time! Thanks for sharing.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[Charlie G]

I'm sitting here in a snow/rain storm all weekend in California and the guys in Minn. are riding 400 miles and don't send picts. The world is turned upside round!

cg

[Detroit Diesel Man]

Thats great! Wish I could have joined you guys..maybe next time!!


DDM

[DanTheMan]

I'll get the three pictures we took posted tomorrow......... There was really very little time for pictures and we both forgot our cameras, so I picked up the camera at my house and we snapped 3 picts.

[DanTheMan]

I know this is a tad bit after the fact, but I'm posting the pictures now.


Rick at my house with the new old trunk I gave him.

Rick and I in front of Pequot Tool where my wife works.

Rick and I from another view in front of Pequot Tool
and I guess BonanzaDave was there in spirit, look
behind that pillar back there.............

[Charlie G]

Thanks Dan!

cg

[bonanzadave]

BonanzaDave was there in spirit

Funny ! Nope....still in Houston.

[bradleymaynar]

Looking at your route map on google, I have one question. Did it really take you two over 10 hours to cover that distance?

Brad bk

[ryonker]

We didn't drive non-stop. We got together for breakfast and made several stops including a tour of the tool factory and dinner.

Rick