I started out driving for the first leg - I was my turn... At least with Roberto and his wife Yessenia joining us, I had company - Yessenia doesn't ride, so she rode along with me. (She also doesn't drive really big campers...)
The riders got a bit lost, but we finally caught up with them at our meeting point - here they are coming in.
Dennis was getting cramps, which probably had to do with way too little sleep and getting used to this distance riding thing. So, he took over for me, and I got to ride the last 35 miles or so. It was amazing - once we got about 40 miles south of Milan, the scenery got beautiful again. We rode down into a valley, except that with the way the rode was, it looked like we were going down while our legs said that we were climbing! Weird.
However, we left Milan so late and traffic was so bad while we drove to a place that we could actually ride, it was nearly 3:00 before we started the 100k+ ride. That meant arriving to Bobbio (our home for the night) a few minutes after sunset (which is below!).
The scare of the day was that Mario decided to hang back a bit. Or a bunch. We all met outside of town to ride together to the campsite, but Mario was nowhere to be found for at least 30 minutes or so! And of course, he had lost his cell phone earlier in the day, so we had no idea what was happening with him... So we went to the camp, and then the camper went out to find him. Finally, they did and we were all reunited - to keep you up to date, that's now: Peter, Angelo, Mario, Juan, Dennis, Roberto, Yessenia, and me! (and of course, the monkey)
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Ok.....who is keeping an eye on Mario? He did not droop back because of a bike malfunction did he? I am praying that God will continue to work in you as well as bless your fellowship with your fellow riders.
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