Well, today starts our sixth and final week of POP's Ride. It is hard to believe how the time has flown by....at least for me as a rider. This morning we welcomed our new bus driver and chef - Jim and Karen Holmquist - they are Kyle's in-laws from Montana. Also, my Mom has joined the support crew as SAG driver. She starts her duties tomorrow. Today, Sarah, Kyle's lovely wife, drove SAG and did a fantabulous job.
Keith Barr continues riding with us and plans to ride to the AZ/CA state line. By tomorrow night he will have ridden across the entire state of Arizona. We are honored to have him with us. His wife Doris is supposed to pick him up tomorrow night but she has threatened to not be there so he has to ride with us all the way to San Diego. I wonder who will win this challenge. :)
Galen Yoder, a family friend, also rode with us today. Today he set a personal distance record on a road bike - 66 miles. Pretty good considering he was also riding either into a head wind or a strong side wind.
The morning started at my place at about 5 AM when we all loaded up and headed to the Bicycle Vibe. We needed to be there by 6AM for an interview with KPHO Channel 5's Paul Horton. We made it there on time and got our bikes all setup and ready to go. Amber from the Vibe showed up and started making coffee. Which went really well with the homemade cinnamon rolls Carl Ames dropped off last night. yuuuummmmmy! The interview happened at about 6:50, went very well from all those reporting and we rode out at 7am...right on time.
Here is the interview.
http://www.kpho.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks_video_id=4696012
Carl also surprised us by riding into the Vibe on his bike just after we pulled in. He was using his ninja skills and hid in a parking lot about a mile away. He then rode with us back to his truck and wished us well.
As I was putting on my cycling shoes this morning, the buckle on my right shoe broke. Good thing we were at the Bicycle Vibe and Amber was there so I went inside and bought a new pair of shoes. I got some really comfortable Bontrager shoes. My new bike worked well today and I am getting used to not having cables going everywhere on my handlebars. A new bike always provides for a different ride feel.
The Ride to Aguila was nice and uneventful. We had one flat tire but that was about it. Our older brother Kurt and our sister Kerri joined us for the last leg of The Ride into San Diego. Both did really well today. We'll see how they roll tomorrow when we have 80+ miles to ride and a forecasted 25 mph headwind.
I'll upload pictures to Facebook tomorrow. We are working off of Kyle's Droid hot spot today so broadband is limited.
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