Very productive day roaring through the Dakotas, left about an hour early and that made a big difference as I got into Minot around 1900 and had a chance to drive around a bit so I didn’t stay in the roughest part of town.

Actually it was a mostly boring day, did drive through a big storm system from Fargo to almost Minot. Shot a video sequence of putting on and taking off the rainsuit.

But the experience that I had just before Fargo, and I am just bursting to tell you, was amazing! I got to run with a Bugatti Veyron!

There is a ton of bridge construction on Interstate 29 northbound and one lane is always closed compressing the traffic. When the road opens to two lanes again I usually go left and pass everybody all at once, occasionally glancing in my mirrors. Things were as usual until I did my mirror check and saw the distinctive grill. I prolly did the classic Bugs Bunny double take, and my mouth fell open. Seeing a Veyron in North Dakota begs a few questions;

• What does one do in the gawdforsaken Dakotas to amass the wealth need to acquire a Veyron?
• Upon acquiring one, why do you stay in the Dakotas?
• What kind of women does a Veyron attract in the Dakotas?
• Why am I asking stupid questions instead of telling you about the car?

I respectfully moved into the right lane to let him pass and he flew by me, I fell in hot pursuit. The sound that car makes when it is spooling up is spine tingling! We were doing just under 200 kph for about 10 minutes on the sparsely traffic’ed highway.

We had to slow for another construction area and during his (I am assuming he as the windows were tinted) downshifts the car let out a few angry Brrrrraaaappppps! out of its four turbochargers wastegates. The sound gave me goosebumps. Also under hard braking his rear wing flips up to act as an airbrake.

We sedately drove through the construction zone. The Dakotas has a reasonable 65 MPH as the speed for construction zones, then when the left lane opened up he was gonzo! I didn’t even try to pursue. It reminded me of a Dukes of Hazzard episode where a guy in a 911 races the General Lee. Here is the dialogue as I remember it;

Luke: Bo, follow that guy! (Porsche easily outruns the Charger!)

Bo: What guy?

If I had a car like that I’d put it in a big glass box on a rotating yoke in my living room and quit my day job just to stare at it all day.

For my next trip I need to have some type of video system on my bike so I can shoot things like this without having to stop to deploy cameras.

I am hoping to drive from Minot, ND to Lloydminster, AB today leaving just a short day Saturday to put me back into the arms of my SweetPea!

Talk soon!