Hi y'all! Ok, so a little story... Kit flew approx. 2600 miles to meet up with me, drove across country in a bouncy Jeep Wrangler, encountered all kinds of weather including torrential rain, hail, severe ice, and a bit of a blizzard. She had to put up with me the whole way, which in my opinion was the worst part of it all for her. We finally roll into Dublin, CA yesterday afternoon, unpack the Jeep, spend two hours cleaning unnaturally filthy bikes, run around getting things done and then go to dinner with the TE group. She starts with a chocolate martini (and a big part of mine of which I was not aware of at the time ) and hangs with Snap where they have a few lemondrops. (well, quite a few actually) I basically pour her into bed last night and she attempts to sleep. Of course, the lemondrops had other ideas and she spent most of the night fighting off puking. (Honestly, I can't believe she didn't puke.) So with a splitting headache and crippling nausea, what do I do to her???? I get her to come along to the Cindy. Now, I'm thinking she may just hang out and watch the event. I know I couldn't have ridden in it feeling like that.
Well folks, guess what? She not only rode in it, she finished as well. Kicked serious azz the whole way. Left me sitting still on the hills. (good thing there were some downhills so I could keep up) In the end, we were both happily exhausted and so glad it was over. As soon as we pulled in, Allezgirl was there to greet us. So, she and Kit finally got to meet.
All in all, a great day. So many firsts. This was Kit's longest ride ever and she did it hungover and on a heavy mtb. I just wanted to say how proud I am of her and I'm so lucky to have shared this whole crosscountry trip/metric ride with her. I am truly a lucky person.
We are in CA tonight yet and then tomorrow we load everything back up and head home to OR.
Thank you to all of the TE sisters for being so nice at the dinner. It was incredible to see so many of you in person for once. We ran into only one along our ride. She took good care of us a the last stop. I look forward to coming back next year and riding in the Cindy again. (without the lemon drops, Kit )