2 weeks to go

Working on blog site at home with less than two week to departure. 

Photo from a prior ride:

This is how we looked during our cross country ride in 2005.  Mary in front, Dave second and Bob in the rear.  Only change for this year will be new panniers on both bikes. 

This has been a frustrating weekend with more rain making it difficult to train.  We did get a 30 mile ride in yesterday from Blue Mt Lake to Tupper Lake.  Thanks to Pam Gratzer for delivering us to Blue Mt Lake.  We had wisely left our car in Tupper Lake which was about half way back to Lake Placid.  The rains really started to pick up as we arrived in Tupper Lake so we bagged the rest of the ride for the day.

Today wash just a wash out so we did some packing and bought final supplies for the trip.

Thanks to the gang at Placid Planet, the bikes and Bob were tuned up this week and packed and shipped to Moment CycleSport shop in San Diego.  This should get them there in plenty of time for re-assembly and for our pick up on May 28.

We are trying to put together the final preparations for being away for 7 weeks and it is not easy to think of all the bills that need to be paid and other things that need to be done.  I did plant some vegetables in my garden hoping that we don't get a late frost this year but the odds are against it.  It would be nice to have some when we get home.

For those who wish to donate, the site for the Foundation for PMR is

(http://www.foundationforpmr.org/)

This will put you in contact with the purposes and goals of the Foundatiomn and includes a link to a donation form for our ride.  Thanks to all those who give.