Saturday, June 26th, 2010: Saturday morning finally arrives and my alarm starts screeching. As I reach over to turn it off, I can’t help but notice the bright glow through the red curtains in the… let’s call it rustic… cabin where I spent the night in Ennis. I stumble out of bed and over to the window, pulling back the curtain to see a bright blue sky and sunshine peering over the mountains to the east. Today was shaping up to be a beautiful day! So what do I do now? Back to bed for me!

About an hour later, I get a phone call from my girlfriend. She wanted to know if I was awake yet and how the ride was going. I lied to her and told her I had been awake for a while and we talked about the ride. After talking to her for a few minutes, I finally got out of bed and started packing up all my gear. Most of my riding gear got wet the previous night so it was sprawled out all over the floor to dry. I gathered it all up and put it back in it’s rightful place, with the exception of my chaps and jacket which I would be wearing, of course. This sunshine was really starting to motivate me. I thought about having breakfast at the hotel restaurant, but thought otherwise as I walked inside to a huge crowd. I got on the bike, rode over to the closest gas station to gas up and hit the road.
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