Where am I? - Thoughts on a typical ride day
Thoughts regarding a typical ride day - Well to start with - there is not really a typical ride day. When we wake up, we might be in a high school gymnasium in a small town, a campground in a dessert or a resort in Las Vegas. Often there is a general routine of packing bags, putting on some R4WH biking gear, eating breakfast, pump my tires, put on sun block.
Invariably though, I’ll get off course (perhaps trying to fix something I accidentally broke the night before) when support team yells at me “HAVE YOU EATEN BREAKFAST - SETH”. So I eat. Yadda, yadda, ya and next thing I find myself on my bike without really knowing where I’m going except that I need to keep an eye out for orange arrows and bikers in front of me.
Riding is fun, but invariably, one gets tired and starts thinking about food. Then VOILA –on the side of the ride is a rest stop full of nourishment and fellow bikers. Once again the support team yells at me – this time telling me ‘SETH YOUR EARS ARE RED. PUT SUNSCREEN ON’. Two minutes later ‘SETH - PUT MORE SUNSCREEN ON’.
After sharing some laughs with the rest of the team we’re back on the road. By the end of the ride, I’m not sure if I’m facing east, north or west (although east always sounds right like the way we should be going). If I’m lucky I know the name of the town (or campsite) I’ve arrived in. Nevertheless, I am happy and feel perfectly safe. The support team always has our backs - It turns out that I don’t actually have to know where I am.
Fun story of the day. After getting confused as to whether there were men’s locker rooms in addition to women’s lucky rooms , Joe offered, “Seth I don’t know when it will happen, but I look forward to bailing you out jail one day.”
The picture is from Tammy, with the caption “Will the real Hulk please step forward?” You’ll have to ask her for the story.