Iron Butt Rallies

2003 from the tech line; 2005 & 2007 in the saddle

Rain-soaked starts, Percé Rock, the Reading pagoda, the Gateway Arch and the finish-line check-ins.

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2007 Iron Butt Rally

Rally hotel lobby

Checking in at the hotel

Camera in hand

Dinner at the rally hotel

BMW MOA table at the 2007 Iron Butt Rally

Rally bikes in the lot

Looking over a rally bike

Adventure bike with panniers

Conference center lot

Blue BMW loaded up

Rally talk in the lot

Victory Vision in the lot

Silver tourer ready

Aluminum panniers

Parked by the flowers

Waiting in the lot

Bikes gathering at the rally hotel

Start day: riders lined up in the rain

Waiting for the green flag

A soggy start in the parking lot

Rolling out in the downpour

Dealer stop along the way

Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Suited up and moving on

Regrouping on the Gaspé Peninsula

The Gaspé coast

Percé Rock

Cliffs at Percé

Percé Rock at low tide

The giant rocking chair

Photo stop at the painted house

Reading's Pagoda lit up at night — Reading’s Pagoda lit up at night

City of Reading Pagoda Skyline

The Gateway Arch from downtown St. Louis

Looking up the Arch

Riverboat from the top of the Arch

Busch Stadium from the top of the Arch

The Old Courthouse

Sunset from the hotel ridge

Sunrise from the hotel ridge

Lewis and Clark trail, St. Charles

Keelboats at the Lewis and Clark museum

Service stop: bike on the lift

Wrenching before the final push

All the way from Australia

Two-up arrival in the dark

Late-night check-in

Paperwork at the finish

Morning at the finish tents

All smiles after 11 days

The finish lot