Day 5: What's that big yellow thing in the sky???

Well...the last 24 hours has been pretty good for us. We started this round near Holyoke Nebraska and the rain has finally moved on. Our ride was from 6am to noon. We had to begin coordinating our transition point around 430am. So yes...very early start to the day!

Regardless of the start time - it was a fantastic day. We enjoyed watching the sun rise as we began riding....and once the sun was up - the skies were blue and it warmed up significantly. So much that we had to change into our summer gear!

Bill and Rod, our experienced cycling teammates showed Tom and I how to 'echelon'. It's a technique and riding formation which allows several cyclists to 'share' the work and support each other by constantly rotating positions. We completed 105k today - slightly less than planned due to a minor delay when our support ambulance stalled for a short period of time.

Getting closer to our destination now - we are staying in Boise, Oklahoma tonight and then will likely start biking tomorrow near the Texas border.

Today's photos:

Still lots of gear on for the cold morning start...


At the end of our ride...the gear is off and sunglasses were on!


We had our first flat tires today as well - Rod and Tom - one of them caused by part of a road side plant that has some very tire unfriendly thorns:


Team 4 in Burlington Colorado:


Once in a while...we are able to meet up with a few of the other teams and volunteers between transition times - here with Team 4 and 5:



- billy