Day 18 Sea 2 Shining

All of the days are starting to run together now but, this had to be one of the best days so far. We had a fun easy ride of 60 miles down rolling hills following a river to Meeker.

The ride started with the faster group starting a half hour after the comfort group. That is my favorite way to start because we can catch them by lunch and not wait at lunch all day. I may have said that before. Anyway.... We were rolling today just having fun and enjoying the beautiful Colorado landscape. Did I mention we entered our forth state yesterday. We did. Another state in our rear view mirror. Nice. But I do love Utah. And Colorado is great too.

Right before we got to lunch we caught most everyone. And we caught James who decided to spent the whole day riding the handcycle all 60 miles. He was doing great. We left him with Seth and said we will see you at lunch. While we were at lunch Paul got a call on the radio that James had crashed. We all waited nervously for more information. About ten minutes later James arrived in the sag truck. Jumped out all scrapped up and bloody. At turned out he got into a high speed wobble at 40mph and lost it and flipped the handcycle over and over and over. They said he rolled something like four times. He has cuts on both legs, both elbows and all over his back. (Bet he is sleeping on his stomach tonite) Hunter had to replace the crankset so James could finish the ride into Meeker. That is one tough kid!!!

When we arrived in Meeker we were greeted by some Vietnam Veterans and a some wonderful people of Meeker. For the third night of the trip and the second night in a row I had a beer. Believe it or not, it just felt good to sit and enjoy a beer in the company of such incredible people.

We had arrived way before our scheduled dinner so a whole bunch of us went down to the White River and went swimming. Floating down some cold water rapids felt so good. I loved it.

For dinner we were treated to a special meal by the Womens Auxillary of Meeker. Great food and great company. I even had strawberry rhubarb pie. One of my favorites.