Picture: Our paceline enjoying some of those amazing homemade goodies...thanks Grandma and Carol!!
We awoke to a cool overcast morning, very opposite of yesterday’s 103 degree weather. We had a sponsored breakfast from some locals that heard about Push America on their local news and decided that they would love to do something for the team. They served us biscuits and gravy with eggs and juice, a nice change to the typical cold cereal and half a bagel we usually get. We then started our 65 mile ride towards Lamar. Our ride the whole day was about 15 degrees cooler than normal and had a strong head wind so we tried to keep the pace lines very tight. Everyone enjoyed some of the terrific snacks that my Grandma and Aunt Carol had made. They were the perfect salty, sugar, carb load snacks for the road, the guys devoured all the snacks by the fourth crew stop! It was nice having what seemed like a shorter day as we rolled into Lamar High School around noon, our lodging for the night. We were on our own for lunch and a bunch of us went to Sonic, an old fashioned drive in burger restaurant.
After lunch we showered up and had some time to nap before dinner, always very valued time in the day that is if we have it! Dinner this evening was sponsored by two ladies who run a lot of triathlons and know Push America because of the past teams who have rolled through Lamar. They made a Mexican feast and left us with plenty of leftovers for the next day. That evening at the sponsored meal I met a guy named Kyle who was very interested in our Journey. He had never heard of it and wanted to join us tomorrow on our ride. I thought that was pretty cool, he was a UCLA grad so we had a little to talk about being Pac-10 residents!
This evening we went to a pool that had a huge water slide, you can just imagine the chaos when a team of 21 year olds show up at a pool and there is a big water slide. Before the pool I got to catch up with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins in WA, it’s so great to get to talk stay connected with family throughout the trip! Tomorrow we will be in Garden City, KS and I’m defiantly looking forward to it. After the pool we headed to a nearby drive-in and grabbed some late night burgers! So far Eastern CO has been pretty flat and boring, these last three towns have been interesting to bike through but I would never live around these areas. Kansas will hopefully be some new scenery with a different feel and more friendship visits.
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