From my very first pedal stroke, I knew I was going to have a challenge. We went up Sacramento Pass and that was the only tail wind that we had going up. Don got some chalk from Lance Armstrong’s crew to raise cancer awareness. On the top, he (Don) and Larry, wrote “kick cancer” in the middle of the road on top of Sacramento Pass. It was pretty cool to see because it’s just a touching thing to see the riders suffer to raise money for research in cancer.

We then rode down all the way to the border and that was somewhat nice because it was downhill but the part that made it not fun was there was a head wind all the way down and for the rest of the ride. I was pushing guts out to keep up with Larry and stay on his wheel. We hit the state line and I was first one to cross and it pretty much made my day. We had lunch and got a picture at the border.

The rest of the day was just like every other one. It was pretty much groundhog day. We all stopped to talk to Ned Ryerson for a bit and then carried on our way. I’m pretty sure that today was February 2, not June 19. I’m excited for tomorrow because it’s our “rest day” and Saturday is the big day. I learned a lot today thanks to Larry and Jeff. I owe a lot to them and all my support. Especially from the Wills family because they have been so supportive of my dad and I.