CALI BABY!
60 miles
But seriously...peace out Nevada...
Today I rode sweep with Rudy girl and we had a great ride. There were parts coming out of Reno (as one might expect) that made it difficult to talk and ride, but we managed. Everyone got to lunch pretty quickly as the terrain was not to challenging. As we started the second half of the ride, we prepped for a climb that proved to be quite tough. During one of the pull offs, I happen to check my tires as they felt shakey. Low and behold, flat number 13 of the trip (but who's counting?)
Found some friends at the state line! (Laura, Chris, Rudy and I)
We did a quick change-a-roo and headed up to the summit. As we arrived at the summit, we were pleasantly surprised by tons of chalked messages out teammates had left for us. It still gives me goosebumps thinking about it. It was our last big climb before crossing the california border. It was all sinking in...I tried not to let myself get too nostalgic while I waited for Rudy to come back from the bathroom, then I remembered, wait! Day off tomorrow and tons of riding left, no need to be nostalgic yet! I think its just the realization that this trip, will, in fact, come to an end quite soon. I can't speak for anyone else, but I can certainly say, I would do it all over again if I could. (Maybe west to east this time, just for the sake of the headwind issue...:)
When we descended into Tahoe I was shocked. The water was as blue as the ocean in the Caribbean. Absolutely gorgeous. We headed into the host and found a lovely surprise, some of Kristie's teammates from p2s'09 had shown up to surprise her, and Brendan, our director was there to do the rest of the ride with us. Yay for more Bike & Builders!
We had a great time that night, and celebrated our last day off. It started with some Mexican food (and a margarita the size of my head) which was followed by drinking and star gazing at the beach. We then headed to a local karaoke bar, which we all know, is where we all shine.
The next day we spent chilling out at the beach, blogging, writing, just some serious hanging out. It felt really good to relax and play!
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