Day Zero – Sunday – Nervous Failure? 3.57 mi | 2:01 hrs | +1037 ft | -307 ft Nothing else left but to drive out there and do it. I’d done some fully loaded riding the week before, completely finished packing the trailer yesterday and Emmi’s ballet had been well worth sticking around for. Now…
Pikes Peak Tour
Bye Friends I was up early to get back to work and after whacking the keys a little, Dad was up and got straight into readying the van. Both Katy and I had meetings at 9:30am so it meant our brunch at Roy’s was a late one. We got there just before the breakfast menu…
Car Week with my Dad
Sunday at the Corkscrew Dad and I were exhausted from all the driving so we had a lie in. We slept in separate beds in JoJoe’s room and thankfully neither of us had any separation anxiety through the night. I was woken up by Levi crawling into my bed to tell me about his sleep….
Speed Week
During a precious few days of home time, I enjoyed sitting still and took my time remembering how to do my job. Deb and I spent a lot of our days together, trying our best to come down gently from our European holiday. It was weird being at the Phoenix base without Cleo in the…
Days at the Spa
For the first time in three weeks, I wasn’t tour guide – that was Dad’s job. Having landed in Brussels the day before, he’d had a whole morning to familiarize himself with the half-mile radius surrounding Central Station. In that time, he’d memorized exactly the route to take from the train station to his hotel…
The Pursuit
Our last day in Barcelona was our easiest yet. We checked out at 11am and had our bags with us so weren’t trying to hit one last Gaudi house or tourist attraction. We stopped in at a restaurant at the marina for a coffee, killing time in outrageous fashion, then moved on down to the…
Barcelona
“Manifestation“ My flights from Phoenix to Barcelona went seamlessly. I only had a short stop in Calgary where the cowboy hats let me know the Calgary Stampede was around the corner and I managed to get a decent sleep on the long leg over to Europe. It took me all of fifteen minutes to get…
Pikes Peak Week
Locked In It was Sunday so we had a nice lie in and I was so grateful Dan didn’t have to work. We had all day today to get organized. Dan took off an hour before us so he could have a head start getting his gear together so Cleo and I enjoyed one last…
Residential in Colorado
As it turns out, riding bikes and flying on planes does nothing for your health. I was glad to hear Dan had found a camp for us near Buena Vista (BV) but by the time I got there on Tuesday afternoon having camped out at the airport and doing some errands in town, I was…
Wente
Airport Parking The drive from Buena Vista to Denver airport is a solid 2.5 hours but what a beautiful drive. Thanks to Stalink, I happily chatted away to Mum and Dad for most of the drive before getting into Denver proper. After filling up and stopping for some food, it was dark which meant the…