More riders will make reservations, call it quits for the day at 10, and sleep in beds. For Sen. Ben Campbell, the weekend in Southwest Colorado will no longer be a welcome change of pace from the nation s capital. He will be lobbied in Ignacio just as hard as he is in Washington for a place at the trough. Soon there will be unbearable lines at restaurants and gas stations, and the streets and highways will become too noisy and dangerous for even the bikers. Accidents are not auto vs. bike, but bike vs. bike.
Momentum turns, numbers decline.
Durango is not the place to be on a motorcycle. In a decade the rally is gone, and families return to spend Labor Day weekend in Southwest Colorado just as they did before. They fill the motels, they shop. It s quiet. All because the rally organizers opened an office and hired an employee.