6 a.m.
Ring, ring...snooze.
6:05 a.m.
Ring, ring...snooze.
6:10 a.m.
Ring, ring...snooze.
You get the idea.
I finally get out of bed at 6:35 and get ready just in time for the shakedown ride. (This means day before ride to make sure your bike works after transport.)
We get on the road. There are over 40 cyclists on the team. It is, to put it politely, a bit of a cluster at the beginning. Some people seem to want to get run over - maybe they figure it will hurt less than 200 miles? Eventually they seem to get sorted out and become less dangerous. MV and I just hang back and enjoy the ride. We go out about 12 miles then head back.
11 a.m.
We eat breakfast at this fabulous place. I think is was called Portage Cafe. Or something like that. Anyway, they had gluten free buckwheat (which is not actually wheat) pancakes. I ate one of mine and wrapped up the second so I have a pancake surprise for breakfast tomorrow. The surprise is that there is a piece of bacon in the foil too!
On the way back, we find this amazing little hardware store. We wander around and play with all the tools while they copy the truck lock key.
1:30 p.m.
Laying around in the room. Lazy...
4:30 p.m.
We arrive down in the lobby to go to the inspiration dinner with the team. No one is there. We finally make a few calls and find out the meeting time was 4:15. We both somehow got it wrong - brains fried from driving?
After I pout that no one thought to call and check on us - we were sitting up in the room waiting to go down on time - then we hop on a bus and head out there. Public transportation in Seattle RULES!
We make it in time for the program and one of our team members speaks about his experience with blood cancer. Some sniffles were heard.
Then back to the hotel to SLEEP cuz it's going to be a long two days.
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