God, if I didn't know better I'd think I was riding out Hwy 50 again. This whole desert thing is so familiar, up early so you can ride while it's still cool. Lather sunscreen on any thing that your helmet, long shirt and pants don't cover. Sweat your way up one hill then cool off on the way down so you're ready for the next one. Find some shade to hide in while you eat lunch, regret leaving it as soon as you're moving. Thinking that you're really on today, moving that fast, then stopping and realizing it's just a tailwind. Speaking of tailwinds, praying to Winnie Cooper paid off, we got hooked up. Not being ones to let a good tailwinds go to waste we picked up 90 miles, and had an easy doing it.
Brad figured out how to wear his earmuff headphones while riding, I'm not a fan of the practice but he rides a ton faster so I'm not going to complain. Plus it's really funny, he either looks like a quarterback (picture the part that joins them in front of his mouth) or some six-year-old trying to dress up like a Stars Wars character. I figured out how to make a visor for my helmet from an old map and duct tape, I'm so proud.
Sam Philips is, to borrow a phrase someone I used to work with said too much, the MAN. Not only did he host my mailing list on his machine, he also got me setup with weather by email. I email a city name or zip code to weather@dasbistro.comand it emails me back a forecast (any one interested in using it email me for details). Oh and most importantly he found out where avocados originated, central America. Now if anyone can tell me when they started being used in sushi...
andrew
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