Well...kinda packed

The nip was definitely in the air as we made rendezvous at Randy's house last night to pack his monstrous white van with 10 bikes, wood, ice cooler boxes, myriads of sleeping bags and camp chairs.

As Mark—headlight firmly strapped to his forehead—fitted fork clamps to the roof racks, Jerome complained of a broken toe and Randy ran back and forth trying to be as productive as possible. Tim and I held onto our Old Styles and sipped. After an hour or so we had 7 of the 10 bikes in place up on the roof and the area under the bed at the back of the van was jammed full of gear.

I was especially pleased with the fitment of a new stereo in the van complete with XM-radio, good stuff Randy-o! When Jerome mentioned something about it being ‘foot-stomping’ time back at home, I agreed and we both took off saying our goodbyes.

We plan to meet at Evolutions in Design this evening where Mara has her ‘BODYPARTS’ solo photography exhibition. We will leave for Fruita from there! Long time planning and dreaming of this epic trip with mind-blowing mountain biking…and here we are!!!!