Yeah it wasn't quite that monumental of a start. But, we packed the van and said I'll meet you at the hotel. I think that was around 9? Sure. Well, they tooled around Petit France and then failed at an attempt to get into Germany before calmly and casually rolling down to Colmar after lunch. They arrived at 3, almost on the dot. I got in before 10:30...
So there was reading done, and an attempt at checking into the hotel (failed due to the pay up front nature of Roi Soleil in Colmar, I mean who does that we have 3 rooms for one night), two bike rides (8 mile and 17 mile) and then a bit of chat back home before a van nap and they arrived. This shouldn't happen again, at least not in this kind of volume, since I should meet up with them at shorter intervals/they shouldn't take 4 hours to ride 50 miles (hour lunch break not included).
But that's my last riding for a few days. Partially because Alps, partially because of the nature of the upcoming rides (100 mile days, so,I gotta be able to get them food/water). But damn was it good. The 17 mile loop took me out of the industrial area we are in and out to a few small towns and then basically out into cornfields, on country roads and all I could think of was feeling like I was back riding in Manawa. It was wild, the smell of cow shit transported me from the eastern edge of France to central Wisconsin in an instant. Granted there are also mountains in the distance that I was looking at so that was out of place but whatever it was cool at the time. And that's what these guys are gonna see daily. It's enough to make a kid live healthy so he can do it back home next...
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Location:North of Colmar
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