Still Ticking!

Sorry for the lack of daily play by play! Lack of cell coverage plus the demands of survival have severely limited my time. I'll just give you my wake-up scene from a few days ago.
Cheers!

Quick update

Just got off the phone with JP. He said to let everyone know that he is fine, and better now after getting some food. They will have to take a re-route tomorrow because the trail they are supposed to use is on fire. Thick smoke covers the town of Abiquiu and ash is landing on everything.

He said to apologize that the media coverage of his ride has been sparse, but the satellite truck that is following them ran into technical difficulties. (that part is a joke!)

Okay, that's all for now!
EE

New Mexico update

JP just called from El Rito, NM. He is with Dallas area TD'er Ray and they've stopped for lunch at a restaurant. He said they didn't have enough food for the last day and a half. :0(

They are currently about 20 miles from Abiquiu where Tom has a hotel room. It's almost all downhill to Abiquiu so it should be a quick ride once they are done with lunch. They'll regroup today as the last big climb (from below 6,000' to over 10,000') is tomorrow. They'll plan their food/water, research reroute/fire information and rest up a bit. We're not sure at this point if the fires will require them to change their route or not. JP did say that there is smoke in the air where they are now and it dries up his throat and makes him more thirsty.

The girls (Gail, Gina and I) are working on travel arrangements for our rendezvous in Antelope Wells!! The prediction chart shows them finishing very late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. But, I'm told that the finish time predictions normally move earlier because they'll be able to speed up on the flatter roads in NM once they are out of the mountains. So, best guess is a finish sometime on Sunday. Not sure who is more excited for them to finish-- the boys themselves or the girls back home!

2,000 miles baby!!

A day of milestones! Into the last state and crossing the 2,000 mile mark. You are amazing, JP!!!

Tallest Peak -- check!

As of last night, JP has conquered the tallest peak of the race, over 11,500'. WAY TO GO, JP!!!! It's all downhill from here. (Okay, not really, but still...) :0)

Washboard

50 mi of wasboard roads sapped all energy. Goodnight Salida!

Sent from a phone I'd better not drop.

Stairway to Heaven

S to H, because today started very slow, and did not rock. Oh it was pretty, but being a drummer, I was quite bored. In fact, I fell flat on my face, couldn't find a tempo with all the stops and starts of the terrain. I had to pull out my L'il Book of Inspirational Phrases that EE assembled for me for low-ebb reference. Cue John Bonham! Commence the ROCK! Yes! You folks turned it around for me. I hit quite the tempo for the second half of the day, and rocked up to Ute Pass, where my shadow was taller than my soul. Thanks Friends!