Countdown Begins

It seems that all our emails back-and-forth now have a "days to go" tag at the end. We are all beginning to feel the heat of the nearness of the GREAT Ride. We feel the "heat" even though a strong cold front passed through the DFW area on Sunday evening and left a blowing cold north wind behind all day Monday. I say "Come on through, you cold north wind. Blow yourself out and get out of our way."

The key word these days is Nutrition. Beth and Mike are working on that. They are brewing up a super-high-cal/carb Trail Mix that will keep us all energized as we ride north. Another key word is Packing. Lots of decisions to make about what to take and what to leave.

We've been trying to have a team meeting for a couple of weeks, now. It is looking like we might actually get to do that on Wednesday of this week. I think it's because of the "heat" and because Beth is the one who called the meeting.

Four days 'til we drive south

Five days 'til we start pedaling north

Pray for us.