Following is the third and final installment of Tim Watts’ story of the 2007 SPANK Rally held in San Diego, California.

Part 3 – The Accidental Saddle Sore

…I was pretty sure there was a Starbuck’s across the street from Shell station at the base of this big hill…

Not only was there a Starbuck’s at the bottom of the hill but a Quizno’s right next door. I suddenly realized that I hadn’t had any real food all day. So, I strolled in and ordered my usual – small Mesquite Chicken and Bacon, easy on the Ranch – and headed over to ‘Buck’s to get an iced tea, plug in and see if I could do a better job of planning Leg 2 than I did Leg 1.

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Following is part 2 of Tim Watts’ story of the 2007 SPANK Rally held in San Diego, California.

Part 2 – The First Leg

My cell phone alarm, which I set as a back-up, went off just before my wake-up call did Friday morning. It was 4:30 AM and I’d been awake for about fifteen minutes. Before long I was dressed, suited up and trying to get my Rally drawers on over my First Gear HT over pants. There’s no graceful way to do this and I was envisioning attempting this on the side of the road later in the day. Hmm…probably not the most difficult thing I’d do in the next 30 hours.

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Washington 120 winner Tim Watts participated in the 2007 SPANK Rally held in San Diego, California. Tim shares his SPANK story over the next few weeks.

Part 1 – Pre-Rally

The story of my first Rally actually starts several days prior. My buddy Mark and I had hatched a plan where he would ride my ST1300 from the Seattle area down to a relative’s house in Mission Viejo, CA before the Rally and I’d ride it home afterwards. Our reasoning was that he would get a nice ride down through the desert areas of California and Nevada, I’d get my bike delivered to Southern California and we’d both save a day or two of precious vacation time that would’ve otherwise been spent droning along I-5. Mark keeps my old Nighthawk 750 in Mission Viejo so he can fly down on weekends during our rainy season, (he works a 4/10 schedule with Fridays off and his wife works for Alaska Airlines so he flies for free – jerk!), and enjoy the great roads and weather. I purchased one-way airfare to Santa Ana, flew down on the Wednesday before the Rally started and we spent the night at Mark’s relative’s place.

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