| 06.28.10 Breckenridge, Co - Hot Sulphur Springs, Co Miles: 72 Sleep: hotel Temp:80s Weather: sunny and warm Today was truely my favorite day of the trip so far. The land was gorgeous, the towering mountans and fantastic blue-green water was just unforgettable. We rode on a bike path for about 15 miles before getting onto rt. 9, rt. 9 took us around Dillion Reservoir and Green Mt. Reservoir. The water looked fantastic, I don't think I have seen a cleaner body of water. Joe decided to jump with some locals off the highest rock jump, about 50 ft., or so, high. We had an exciting first on the trip today...we all spotted a bald eagle in its nest! We were warned about the Mosquitos by some of the other transamers that are a day ahead of us, but of course we thought nothing of it untill we were about 5 miles away from Hot Sulphur Springs. We ( Bryn, Lee, Robert, Joe, Olaf, and I ) were literally swarmed by hundreds of mosquitos. They covered us, hurtful little pricks forced us of the road and digging in our panniers for our bugspray. Once we had a healthy dose of chemicals on our skin we were rid of the menacing bugs for the better half of the rest of the evening. Today our group of 14 had a much needed discusion about some hot topics that cause some friction in our group. I find the group dynamics of any group of people becomes quite fascinating. Our group has alot of personality, with some very strong and forthright individuals with strong opposing thoughts. There are really only two pressing issues. Since Jack our leader has his car, the group kit has found its way onto his truck, but in two days the truck will go away and we need a good system of distributing weight evenly. Before, some had the misfortune of carrying alot more than others. The second unresolved dilemma facing our group was the time designated to start breakdast and end breakfast. Since some in the group like to get an early start and others like to sleep in late, our solution is to set a time to make brakefast and end brakefast(6:30-7:00). If you're late too bad. I very much enjoy our group and I think we are all very lucky to have such a great bunch of individuals. We manage to come to a sort of agreement, problem solve, and at the end of the day still get along! |
Dang Amber, you sure have gone a long way since we met you a couple months ago. I bet it doesn't seem that terribly long since you're always on the go and are trekking along everyday.It does to me though. While you have been biking for days on end I have finished tenth grade, gone to football practice, been to the beach and visited family in southern Oklahoma. Thats a lotta stuff for me. Only if your route was a little farther south I could have brought my bike and ridden with you and your crew for a while during my vacation. That would have been something. Amber, how have you been since early may? I misplaced your website card and didn't find it until just recently. Man, you've sure encountered some memorable things on your trip so far. Its neat how you've been keeping a blog fpr your whole trip. The pictures are really great along with your first hand account of your adventures. How did you like Charlottesville? Isn't it a cool place? You should have called us up and we'd have shown you around if you wanted. There are so many awesome places and people around town, but you just might have to look a little to find them. If you're ever in Charlottesville again and need anything you know where to find us. Our email is aloha@bnsi.net and our address is 5802 Jefferson Mill Rd. Scottsville,Va 24590. Oh yeah, tell Bryn hi and tell Paul we have forgotten about him from church that Sunday and that a postcard from Oregon would be really neat. Good luck on your final thousand miles. I know that probably seems like a lot now but in no time you'll be wishing that your trip didn't have to end at all. Feel free to write us at any time if you want. I hope all is well and you make it home safely and that dude in your group is getting better from his crash. God Bless, Jeremy Malm, oldest son,{16},Scottsville, Va about 12 miles south of Charlottesville,Va
ReplyDeleteWe HAVEN't forgotten about Paul. Whoops. Jeremy Malm
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