Bon Voyage!
One of our last jobs is to get our drop bags checked in and to make sure that they go to the correct locations. We will depend very heavily on the supplies that we send ahead in these bags to sustain us in our effort.
We are heading down to the starting area very soon now. We are as well prepared as we can be and will trust to luck for the rest. We expect to return either late Thursday night or Friday morning some time. Our cut off time is 4:00 pm on Friday so we must be in by then. We will not post any entries until our return but you can still keep track of us as we progress through the ride. If you go to
www.rusa.org and follow the links to track a rider you can see where we are on the course. My rider # is 4841 and Clair’s is 4879. You should be able to enter just that to find us or you can put in our names if you have trouble. Wish us luck and Bon Voyage!
Checking in our drop bags in front of our hotel. Friends in this picture include Clair, Karen, Mike, Cynthia, Gerry. Several others are out of photo
I wanted to wish both of you the best of luck. I am excited to watch your progress daily. I know you will represent Utah and especially Southern Utah well. Hope everything goes off the way you have trained and planned. Can't wait to hear all the stories. See you soon.
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Just checked your progress this morning and you've passed Stage 3. It looked like some pretty good climbs to this point. Stage 4 looks like you get a little relief, but hit some pretty good climbs again in 5 and 6 (if I'm reading the graphs right). Hope your weather has good and equipment holding up. Looks like you might get some good food in Fougeres. The info says they have a "newly renovated restaurant (and the pictures make it look good, anyway). And the town of Tinteniac looks beautiful (although the whole countryside probably looks beautiful if it's not raining), though when you're concentrating on the road you probably don't have the luxury of "sightseeing," I expect.
Will be thinking of you today. Hope all is going well and that you and Clair are feeling good--as you probably haven't had much rest.
Will check in later today....
Linda (and Dan)
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I hope all is well. I'm using your tracking numbers to follow your progress, but the checkpoint names don't mean anything to mean. At least I know you're making progress.
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I'm in Colorado cycling now with friends this past week. We're camping and don't always have internet. I'm writing to you in my tent near Durango.
I'm glad to hear you're still on the ride and I didn't miss the whole thing. From what I hear, you're making progress and are still in the game.
Write when you can.
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"a abandonné"??? Ooo, that doesn't sound good. Write as soon as you can to let us know you are all right.
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