Hi everyone,
We were packing up our stuff and getting ready to leave Deadwood when we learned that our friend Geneo (58), suffered a major stroke early this morning. He was having emergency surgery to relieve the blood clot and we were told he might not make it through the surgery.
At that point we wanted to get home as quickly as possible so we scrapped the plan to go to Sturgis and to just get on I-90 and go as fast as we safely could to get home quickly. We were still about 1200 miles away.
We didn't want to miss Devil's Tower so we made a quick side trip there and went to the visitor center at the base of the tower. At our stop, Karen talked with Geneo's wife Heide and learned that Geneo made it out of the surgery and was doing well. However, at the time, there was no way to tell the extent of the damage that might have been caused by the stroke.
Karen and I decided that the best course of action was to still head home quickly but the pressure was off and we rode the remainder of the day until we arrived in Billings, MT. This day's mileage was about 425.
We were thinking about Geneo and Heide all day and were in constant contact with Heide throughout the day to keep updated on Geneo's condition.
On Monday the plan is to put in a long 500 mile day and get to Coeur d'Alene, ID. That way we will only have about 350 miles on Tuesday to ride to get home.
Dave and Karen
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