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Wahoo's night! February 9th - 6 PM - 225 East 20th Avenue, Denver

Please join us for a night of food, drinks, and fun with friends you might not have seen in a while. Please stop by and have dinner or drinks! We will be there starting at 6PM.

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This weekend is the South Platte River Clean-Up. I've committed us to having ten people there and right now we're at 6. Please let me know if you're planning on coming.

Saturday 8AM - Noon

It'll be fun!

Thanks!
Allison

We spent a few days with my cousin in San Francisco and then caught the train south to LA where we had planned to join up with the Sierra Cascades route which would take us into Reno (via the Death Ride). However, after two days on that route we were hot, sunburned and dehydrated.

Well, the Oregon coast was SO much more fun than any part of Washington, even when it was raining out. We started out in Portland and rode to the coast (80 miles) in one day with my brother. His wife and kids met us at the beach with all of our things and a HUGE feast!

Since then we have been working our way south in 5 - 65 mile days which have been heavily dependent on the weather. When it rains it pours with strong head winds. But when the sun is out (which only happened once or twice) we are graced with beautiful weather and a tail wind!

Well, we made it to Portland. It was a very soggy wet week of riding (and a few other modes of transport) but we've found ourselves in Portland on a sunny day. Today might actually be the first day where we didn't wake up to rain.

The hills along the coast are STEEP. Steeper than anything I've ridden in Colorado. But I can feel my legs getting stronger.

Well, those of you who saw me at Saturday's ride noticed I was riding a (partially) loaded touring bike. With "the Death Train" just over three weeks away I figured it was time to try out the touring bike for real. And while there are a few adjustments that need to be made, I think it will suit me quite nicely for 7 weeks this summer.

Vic and I purchased one-way tickets to Vancouver today. We leave on Sunday May 16th for the 40+ hour bus ride to Canada. One night there and then we'll be on our way towards Mexico. Everything we need on our bikes.