Road Diary

Today we celebrated this year’s very successful 20th annual CEM 900 ride with our title sponsor Merchants Bank and Kids ‘n Kinship at Merchants…

First, an admission: Jay is fairly certain that he is the one who left the grey dump valve open for Matt’s unfortunate discovery. Jay seems to…

After hearing about the miserable weather encountered by the leg 1 riders, those of us on leg 2 were watching the forecast closely. As our…

On Saturday morning the CEM 900 team was greeted with more blustery wind, more trees down, and a cold 37 degree wind chill. Not…

The CEM 900 riders experienced varying weather conditions, and trail hazards galore on Friday. After downing Jay’s breakfast of bacon, eggs, and blueberry pancakes,…

The CEM 900 Mother Ship rolled out of Bloomington on Thursday morning bound for the Old Barn Campground located conveniently adjacent to the Root…

CEM 900’s title sponsor, Merchants Bank of Apple Valley, hosted a welcome home reception today for riders and supporters of our annual Merchants Bank Christian Elder Memorial…

After 17 consecutive years of riding the CEM 900, Dennis Hill was going to have to miss this year’s event.  But the lure of…

The CEM 900 team woke Saturday morning to a steady drenching rain, and with one teammate missing.  Jim had put on his rain gear…

Yesterday John Elder, Jack Hohag, and Jim Arbuckle started pedaling their leg of this year’s CEM 900. To be accurate, Jim started a day…

The 2024 ride is underway! The first leg riders completed their miles on Thursday, packed up and headed for home. Justin Elder, Kyle Swartout, and…

CEM 900’s title sponsor, Merchants Bank of Apple Valley, hosted a welcome home reception for the CEM 900 team today, to celebrate this year’s…