2024 CVMA® Nationals Annual Meeting in Rochester, MN - Dirk's Journey

My journey to and from the 2024 Combat Veteran's Motorcycle Association's® National Annual Meeting in Rochester, MN. Quick Navigation Links! Mon, June 17th through Tue, June 18th. Intro. and Details of this ride 0:00:00 - Overview/Intro for journey to the 2024 CVMA® National Annual Meeting in Rochester, MN 0:01:17 - My Preparation 0:01:33 - Explaining the Patches I hope to get Iron Butt SaddleSore 1,000 and Finish the Mission 0:04:48 - Showing my planned stops all 24 hour gas stations 0:05:47 - Explaining my plan for my Concealed Carry 0:06:25 - Showing the route I intend to take 0:09:29 - Explaining why my wife won't be joining me 0:12:11 - Showing my Little Black Notebook and what I'll use it for 0:14:00 - Explaining my new GoPro and Battery configuration 0:16:33 - Showing my Harley before departing 0:17:33 - Showing my Skully's on my saddlebags 0:17:49 - Showing my main suitcase *a MotoHorn "Bags Bag"*. 0:18:14 - Showing my new GoPro and Battery configuration 0:19:05 - Having a last meal with my baby before heading out Tue, June 18th, 2024 Departing my home and headed in the direction of Rochester, MN 0:19:48 - Departing the Start Point *Stop 1*. Odometer reading: 14,743. Time is 1813 EST 0:25:00 - Arriving at Stop 2. Odometer reading: 14,885. Time is 2032 EST 0:25:56 - Departing Stop 2. Distance traveled thus far == 142 miles 0:31:58 - Arriving at Stop 3. Odometer reading: 15,039. Time 2324 EST 0:33:27 - Departing Stop 3. Distance traveled thus far == 296 miles Wed, June 19th, 2024 Finishing the Mission 0:38:41 - Arriving at Stop 4. Odometer reading: 15,183. Time 0210 EST 0:39:56 - Departing Stop 4. Distance traveled thus far == 440 miles 0:43:53 - Pulling over to get my rain gear on 0:45:16 - Arriving at Stop 5. Odometer reading: 15,326. Time is 0449 EST 0:47:39 - Departing Stop 5. Distance traveled thus far == 583 miles 0:50:55 - Unplanned stop due to fatigue - McDonalds coffee and breakfast ftw! 0:52:31 - Coffee'd up and continuing to stop 6. 0:54:58 - Arriving at Stop 6. Odometer reading: 15,481. Time 0722 EST 0:56:56 - Departing Stop 6. Distance traveled thus far == 738 miles 1:16:00 - Arriving at Stop 7. Odometer reading: 15,631. Time 0959 CST 1:18:08 - Departing Stop 7. Distance traveled thus far == 888 miles 1:21:17 - Arriving at Final Destination. Odometer reading: 15,834. Time 1442 CST 1:22:10 - Departing final stop. Distance traveled == 1,091 miles. 1:23:36 - Giving grand tour of my Air B&B Thu, June 20th, 2024 Honor Ride Day! 1:33:02 - Breakfast as "Perkins Restaurant & Bakery" in Rochester, MN 1:39:27 - Pulling up for the Honor Ride! 1:44:08 - Safety briefing and blessing the motorcycles 1:46:29 - Prayer led by our very own "Preacherman" 1:49:31 - Bikes are heading out to the Memorial about an hours long ride 2:29:55 - Arriving at the Minnesota Veterans Cemetery in Preston, MN 2:46:00 - Guest speaker and CVMA® member LTG Jon Jensen 2:59:10 - Departing Veterans Cemetery and headed to HD Dealership * * to purchase new Modular helmet and Motorcycle cover. 3:02:32 - Arriving at Bergdale H-D dealership and showing off my new helmet after purchase. *Sorry about the squashed bugs on the camera I didn't notice*. :D 3:03:45 - Headed back to the B&B to relax the rest of the evening. Fri, June 21st, 2024 Bike Night - Motorcycle Raffle! 3:05:02 - Quick intro to what I have planned today. 3:06:47 - Departing to Faribault H-D dealership for Bike Night! 3:08:04 - Receiving *one of many times*, my "rubber ducky" patch. :D 3:09:37 - Arriving at Faribault H-D for the Bike Night Event 3:13:02 - Ordering some Pancet and Skews from the "Filipino Homestyle Eats" food truck 3:17:49 - Ordering some Ice Cream from the "Sweet & Boozy Ice Cream" food truck 3:18:21 - Moped races! 3:20:06 - Loudest Audio challenge 3:28:52 - Motorcycle Raffle drawing and $2,500 in accessories!! 3:31:02 - WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER! ROBERT "WHISTLER" SQUIRES FROM Chapter 4-11 from Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. 3:32:08 - Winner speech! 3:34:12 - More Audio Challenge competitors 3:35:16 - Headed back to Rochester, MN Sat, June 22nd, 2024 FM Meeting 3:39:30 - Videos from the Annual meeting NOTE: No recordings were made of the actual FM meeting! 3:41:39 - Beginning my journey back home! 3:45:04 - Stopping for a bite before my brother and chapter member, Box Kicker, begin our ride back together. 3:45:30 - Me bitching about the rain and trying to outrun it. 3:47:07 - More "rubber ducky" miles 3:52:23 - Tour pack problems and the two brothers Malice and Soxx who helped me through it. 4:10:13 - Malice rode with us until he had to go another direction. Soxx and I continued on he helped me with my fatigue multiple times *I think we helped each other at different times*. 4:15:55 - West Virginia LOVES their tolls. 4:18:09 - End of video! Make sure to hit that like, subscribe and bell icon to get notified of future videos! Thanks for watching!