Day 1 is done

The first day went pretty much as expected, except there was no rain to speak of. I just knew after looking at the forecast I was going to get drenched but it didn’t happen. I started with a slight mist but just for a few miles and it cleared up. There was a little sprinkle heading out of Lubbock and a brief (and welcome) shower riding into Denton. Other than that is was just perfect riding weather; slightly overcast, a little cool and dry. Nice!

I left at 4:30 and stopped twice for gas and got into Lubbock about 1:30 (local). Purely by chance there was a Whataburger on the corner of my freeway exit so I indulged myself for lunch. There is nothing close to a Whataburger in Colorado. It’s one of those things.

After lunch I head over to Jason’s new house and got the grand tour. Nice digs! Very nice!

Jason and I left Lubbock a little after 2PM and stopped once for gas and arrived at Carlton’s at 8PM on the dot just a couple of minutes behind Mitch. We were treated to homemade sub sandwiches (turkey on whole wheat for me) and they were spot-hitting indeed.

In keeping with tradition, Carlton had found some wind-powered, flashing led lights that mount on our helmets as an embarkation gift so he gave everybody one and although I had to modify mine a bit to make it fit around the vent I think it’s cool.

I cleaned the bugs off my bike in preparation for tomorrow and I’m sitting here listening to the Ranger game and generally kicking back.

We have an 0500 wake-up planned for an 0600 departure (lots of ground to cover tomorrow.) So I’m going to wrap this up.

Tomorrow’s post should be complete with pictures.