Thanks for the info, ladies! Yes, no Hot Springs on the 60k... thank God for small favors!! My husband is going to do the ride with me, so he can push me up whatever I can't make if it gets bad. I need lots of time in the saddle, and I think I need some new shorts. My PI ones are not kind to what my three year old calls her "winkie."

I'm looking forward to the ride. Hopefully I'll get to meet you somewhere along the way!! Are you working the ride, too, Jobob? Good luck on Hamilton today. I'd never, ever make it up that thing. Sheesh. You guys are masochists. My husband loves to ride that thing just so he can race cars on the way down. He's crazy.