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[bikerz]

MP - I meant to tell you - I had a bottle of the Rafanelli Terrace Select last week with a friend (1997!) and it was wonderful!

[maillotpois]

MP - I meant to tell you - I had a bottle of the Rafanelli Terrace Select last week with a friend (1997!) and it was wonderful!

Ah! Fantastic!! Isn't it great?? I will check our stores and see what we have if you want to get one of ours from our most recent order. We couldn't afford any of it, but we got it anyway.... You can kind of see what our priorities are.

[bikerz]

Oh, it was such a treat! I forgot I had it in one of my my special wine boxes! Good thing it was a good friend, because that's not a wine for any old person!

[salsabike]

Last year I was truly nervous about trying the Seattle to Portland ride with Chris on our tandem--had NO clue at all whether I could manage it (he did it on his own the year before). We did, and I damn near cried when we got there.

So what did we talk about all the way home from Portland that night on the bus? What would we have to do to do it in one day this year (what kind of training, what equipment we took that we didn't need, how much faster would we need to get, etc.)? Why? Because when we stopped the first night at mile 126 of 206, I could've gone another hour or so, AND it was such a drag to get up at 6 the next morning and know we had another 80 miles to go.

Anyway, bibble babble here. What I mean to say is: if we were doing it again in two days this year, I'd be downright blase (or almost, anyway). After all this training, I KNOW I could do it in two days. But because we're going for one day, I am--what else?!!--nervous as hell. Sheesh. Apparently I'm not going for the serenity prize this year. Om...om...om...

I know that you TD guys totally get this because you all do the same thing.

PS Please shoot the tranquilizer darts in this direction.

[SadieKate]

PS Please shoot the tranquilizer darts in this direction.

Sorry, used 'em all up on the hotel pool aliens.

[maillotpois]

Are you doing STP in 1 day on the tandem? You should be fine - you have already done the whole route - this is just compressing it. Be sure to start plenty early. 200 miles is a day takes a while, no matter what. You want to get as much done with early in the day as possible.

Sounds fun!!

[salsabike]

SK, you need to carry the large size tranquilizer dart reloading kit for moments like this. Although it sounds like yours was the greater need in this case, what with hotel pool aliens to be dealt with.

MP, we are doing it again on the tandem. Plan to be across the start line by 4-4:15 am, like last year. Good weather forecast--no hotter than high 70s, AND a slight tailwind instead of the usual headwind. Couldn't be better. And it IS a fun ride.

Just to put TD back on the right track: the song currently going around and around in my head: Road to Nowhere, Talking Heads. Why?? Who can say?

[snapdragen]

I'm currently in bizzaro land.....I'm watcing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Whoa. Someone did some major drugs to create this movie.....

[Lise]

I'm currently in bizzaro land.....I'm watcing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Whoa. Someone did some major drugs to create this movie.....

Seriously. Are you watching the old one or the new one? I think the old one is wierder. Gene Wilder wasn't playing it so much for laughs.

Note to self: Don't sit down to get caught up on TE with a tub of tapioca from the grocery store and a spoon. Waaay too much gets eaten.

It's gotten pretty hot and humid up here, which means run early, if I'm going to run at all. So off to bed.