Heh heh! nice pic of Friday night's ride (2007.) That's me in the blue jersey sitting on the recumbent at the uphill end of the group, with Merckx-Duerks and the Mrs right behind me.
The route through Canada looks to be *much* shorter, so that even an hour at each border would leave a reasonable drive. I still wouldn't do it alone, but I might think about it if I can convince my riding buddy to double up. If not him, who knows - RoadFan only lives an hour from me...
TSL you missed Sunday's PERFECT ride that year. I put up some pics in my photobucket account, here:
http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...s/RU07%20pics/
There are separate folders for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.