For one perhaps…😂 When you actually stop for a minute and think about what things costs, it’s crazy what the basic needs of so many things are costing people. 

$80.00 ? Thats one frigging dinner these days!

I'm not sure where you were riding last year and would like you to tell us where "they weren't groooming until the end of the week".

We have ridden that stretch to the Riotel 4 different years. There was only once that it didn't hurt. That time it was storming so bad both ways that we were more concerned about seeing where we were going than worrying about the carbides. Last 2 years we stayed at the Quality Inn.  

That's risk you take when you do a tourer. Some wheels would  help too. Once you are getting into March that's what happens typically.