This morning we spent a hasty half hour trying to wash the dust, mud and rain marks from our bikes before the start of the Thunder run. Each year at the HOG Rally the entire assembly of over 1,000 bikes does a mass ride out to a nearby location.

This year, Amazon Heart had its own special place in the rally, with our own sign and rallying point midway through the pack of 1,500 bikes. It was quite a sight seeing all the bikes and different chapters forming up in their place in the parade on the sports field before we left.

Then it was out on the open road, with police blocking the intersections for us, and hundreds of people coming out of their houses and parked out along the country roads waiting to see us.

The view from our position was amazing, with bikes stretching as far as we could see both in front and behind us. Finally we rolled into our destination of Tanunda, which was a mass of spectators and Harley riders and bikes.

After a short coffee break, we jumped back on the bikes to take them back to Adelaide. It was Sunday and the dealership wasn't opened, so we rode back to Meredith's sister's house, where we parked the bikes and enjoyed a well earned beer and barbeque. On our way into Adelaide, our bikes ticked over the 2,000 km mark for the ride - the longest ever for any Amazon Heart ride, and a good 500km longer than our usual Australian route.