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Here is a typical day on the Big Ride...

5AM - Rise and Shine - the other tent "zipper alarms" are usually all you will need to wake up

5-6AM - Dress for the day, pack up your gear, sleeping bag, mattress, and tent and store it in the gear truck.

6-7AM - Eat (and/or help prepare) breakfast, fill water bottles, review daily route map and roll out of camp.

7-3PM - On the road - you'll eat lots, including sandwiches you made in camp and at places you find along the way. You can ride alone or with a friend or with small groups of riders who ride at a similar pace. Stop and see the sights; make a new friend in one of the many small towns; talk to the cows; listen to the wind over the grass; ride the same hill twice just because you can; call friends at work and tell them what you're doing; fix your own flat tire or stop to help a friend and then think of the thousands of people with lung disease who you are helping as you ride up that long hill.

3-6PM - Take a hot shower, set up your tent, wash out your water bottles, do a little bike maintenance or just chill out till dinner.

6- 8PM - Eat, eat, eat and help with clean up. Make your sandwiches for the next day. Swap stories with fellow riders and talk over tomorrow's route.

8-10PM - Go ahead - just try to stay awake until dark. Most riders can't - I sure couldn't on my trips.

Sweet dreams Big Riders...