Teton Pass

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Sweeping and chalking

On the ride from Wellsboro to Coudersport I was a "sweeper" with Evan. Sweepers are riders who start riding last, usually an hour or so after the pack heads off for the morning. Yesterday Evan and I decided to leave at 11:30am. We started our morning by eating breakfast with Win, Pat, and Greg at the local diner. This was a half hour after our breakfast at the church. Then we headed to the bike shop where we got our tires and cables changed and I got a new seat, which I desperately needed! After that the ride was a breeze. 45 miles of ups and downs, and only a little wind and rain, but we took it nice and slow. And we even got some great chalking messages along the way, which I'm sure were from Greg, as he is the only one who would take the time to get off his bike and draw pictures. About the chalk: This is our form of communication. If you stop to eat, you draw an arrow in the road pointing to the restaurant. If you make a wrong turn, chalk it so someone else doesn’t do it. If you make a right turn, do the same thing. Now this isn’t always efficient, seeing that sometimes we are going 40 miles an hour and may miss a small pink arrow, but it works most times. Once we rode into Coudersport we had ice cold showers at a ski lodge and then slept outside on the deck at a youth bureau. Last night we learned: Win doesnt like cuddling, and Logan is the snore Nazi and may have to sleep in solitude from now on.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Bridge! Testing to see if this works I LOVE YOU sorry i didn't come to PA to see you with dilly i hope you weren't sad. i love you keep up the good work!

Win Chesson said...

Correction, Bridget: I DO enjoy cuddling. But only between Kyle and Emily.