June 18th - From the Princess Corner

Well we arrived to Breckenridge/Frisco area Saturday afternoon. Da boys were anxious to get registered so we went there directly. After the life being sucked out of them with lines and waiting, we went to the Pearl Izumi outlet store for more male shopping. :) Some major carbing up with dinner and back to our condo for the night. The picture above is the view of Breckenridge from our balconey. We had a really nice two bedroom condo but unfortunately the room was really hot and we all had a tough night sleeping. Who needs sleep though when the adrenaline and testosterone are running at an all time high....Day 1 of RTR WOOOHOOOO

We took a few starting shots but I like this one the best. We got Cubby and Hammer (JP and Scott) in the background in poses that I like to think say "No girly men. We are going to conquer the little mountains," in the your best Hanz and Franz immitation. Chuck's caption would be "I have my new Cervezo bike, my strong tree trunk legs, and miles in the saddle...I laugh at the challenges the RTR route brings this year." Lake Dillon is in the background.

Of course, they later said the immediate climbing without a kiss or warm fuzzy hug to start off with from the route was a *&^^ buster.

Meanwhile, as they are conquering mountains, I went off to rejuice on some more estrogen and nature. The above picture is from a short hike (although hike is a strong word for what I did) above Lake Dillon. Notice the Lupines in the foreground, a cousin of our beloved Bluebonnet wildflower in Texas. Then it was onto Steamboat Springs to catch up with Da Boys. The RTR encourages support vehicles (me) to take alternative routes to cut down on traffic. My alternative route that was said to be an hour shorter then the rider's route turned out to be a 2 1/2 hour drive. Somehow I think someone's lying.

I arrived to pick Da Boys up and Chuck was pretty cranky but otherwise Da Boys seemed to be in good spirits...no flats, broken spokes, falls, etc. Chuck did say that a bee and a grasshopper flew into his helmet and he had to stop to fish them out. Ahhhh, nature. Here are a few more pictures from Scott's camera that I loved that Chuck didn't post earlier. I think this 1st one is of the first rest stop... the next is the line to the bathroom :)