I had dropped off my jacket at the Gear Drop below. We get a blue bag with duck tape on it. Write our rider number on the tape and drop it in one of the boxes separated by rider numbers. I found the 1700-1799 box, my number 1720. The Gear Drop team hauls it back to camp so I can get it when I get back. You may notice all the tape on the box. When I get my gear at the end of the ride, I take the duck tape tag and put it on the box and drop the blue bag inside. By the end of the week, it is quite a colorful collection, like telephone poles that have remnants of posters from years past.
I am home and have more posts coming. I did ride 300 miles over the 6 days. I took Wednesday, Day 4 off and am now not sure I should have. Woke up on Day 5 with many aches. Of course, it could have been that I did not solve the problem of the puncture wound in my air mattress. All during the night, every night, the bag gradually deflated and, there I was at 5 AM with my one inch Thermarest laying on top of a fully deflated air mattress.
Future posts; "Let her rip!" "Thumbs up! Thumbs down!"
I am home and have more posts coming. I did ride 300 miles over the 6 days. I took Wednesday, Day 4 off and am now not sure I should have. Woke up on Day 5 with many aches. Of course, it could have been that I did not solve the problem of the puncture wound in my air mattress. All during the night, every night, the bag gradually deflated and, there I was at 5 AM with my one inch Thermarest laying on top of a fully deflated air mattress.
Future posts; "Let her rip!" "Thumbs up! Thumbs down!"



Great accomplishment Dannelle!! Inspiring...we can do what we set our minds to!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I was on the ride as well, but I have 12 fewer years on my ticker. Seeing the ‘older’ folks out there on Cycle Oregon inspired me in ways I just don’t have words for. Many thanks for your blog about CO.
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