Memorial rock in tribute to brother Doug

The Iron Butt association has a Memorial with a rock in tribute to brother Doug Holmes located outside of Gerlach NV.

Doug passed away in 1999 when involved in an traffic accident near Bancroft IA.

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The following are details reprinted from the IBA Forum:

The IBA Memorial just North of Gerlach, NV is a special place, just at the edge of the Black Rock desert. In some ways, not much ever changes, in others change marches on as it always does. A fellow named Dwayne 'Dooby' Williams lived in Gerlach and way back around 1978 he started carving stones and placing them out along a dirt road that came to be known as Guru Road, or just 'The Wonder Road'.

The memorial came to be after a discussion with the BLM and Dooby Williams family, (he had already passed away), and it was decided that if we maintained a similar style, the Bureau of Land Management would not object. Dooby's family felt that we understood and respected what Dooby had done, and gave their blessing as well. A circle of rocks was formed with a backhoe and this place came to be known as the IBA Memorial, or simply, the Circle of Honor. When a rider passes on that is know in our community, a stone is carved with their name and placed in the Circle of Honor. In part as remembrance, but also so that when we gather, people will share their stories and memories of that person. 

The memorial is located just North of Gerlach, NV on County Road 34, approximately 1.8 miles after turning off State Hwy 447 as you head North out of Gerlach. You will be angling RIGHT onto CR-34 just after leaving Gerlach, then looking for a normal green street sign that says Guru Road on the LEFT side of the road. Up to this point it is all paved.

The GPS co-ordinates for the Memorial are: 40.681903 -119.360822

or: D/M/Seconds: 40º 40 53.97 -119º 21 38,86

Google Maps link -

https://www.google.com/maps/place/40°40'54.9"N+119°21'39.0"W/@40.6816055,-119.3614253,252m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d40.681903!4d-119.360822

Guru Road is not paved, but most vehicles can manage it w/o issues if it hasn't rained heavily in the last day or two and no rock slides have occurred.  Guru Road is quite interesting in it's own way, with many, many stones carved by Dwayne 'Dooby' Williams as sort of his own art project, way of thanking people and rants against the things he perceived as wrong in the world.

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