It was my first Touratech Rally. More than 1500 people! 

Kicked my first day off with a SheAdv training. I have been riding for more than a decade, and rode off road more and more, but I took the most basic one because I still feel like a beginner off-road and until I can teach the class, I have something to learn from the class. Learned some techniques I really need to practice in a field. 24 women in the class!

Loved getting to ride so many motorcycles! I rode the Honda 300 LS on dirt and pavement, the Yamaha XT 250 on the same (swoon!), the zero electric dirt bike (I swear it can climb a wall) and, on pavement, my first Harley ever: the Pan American (smooth as silk, amazing throttle). That for me was the best part of the rally: all those test rides.

I didn't do any group rides (was tired of the dust). Went to the best video editing workshop EVER, by Tall Man Moto (it's on his YouTube channel) and got to see Emma of Belize talk about her motorcycle rental and hostel biz in Belize.

My workshop on volunteering while motorcycle traveling was a busy: horrible time slot (first full day of the rally at 11 - everyone wanted to be out riding something, of course, and there was a tire changing workshop at the same time). I will do a video on YouTube in the coming weeks for anyone interested.

Wasn't crazy hot, but the dust was awful. 

I will end with a photo of my knees. The knee on the right is normal. The knee on the left is not. Did I injure it in a motorcycle accident? Nope. I think I injured it getting on or off one of the five motorcycles I rode in the last three days. Yes, you read that right: getting on and/or off motorcycles. Getting old sucks.






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