Ken Meese

Status

I’m fine. The bike is fine.

As of Friday night, my 2021 Iron Butt Rally is over.

As we all get older, our parents get older too. Dayle flew to PA to spend time with her elderly mother while I was galavanting around the country. Unfortunately, her mom’s health has taken a turn for the worse.

Family is always the top priority, and as Dayle and I spoke about her mom and what comes next, I realized I was only three hours away from them. So I called rally staff to withdraw from the Rally, and headed south.

There will always be another IBR. There will never be other parents.

So go call your parents right now, if they’re still around. And go hug them if you can.

And if you can’t, then pull out the photo albums and home movies and spend some time with them anyway.

Because it matters.