Wow - thanks for the great report!! I could really picture it as you described it, especially since I know both your teammates!

Barring any other health problems, I'm shooting to do this next year. We'd planned to do it as a team this year, so I'll either do it as a 2 woman team or, depending on how the year goes, maybe as a solo. We'll see.

Anyway, thanks - I love reading the reports from crew for rides like this. Your reports are generally more lucid than the riders' reports!