Day 20: That's It?

Course: Craig, CO to Steamboat, CO
Distance: 45 miles
Terrain: Mostly flat, some hills.
Conditions: Slight headwind

It was great knowing that we had a short ride. Bruce Rogers and his son, Layton, rode along with us. Bruce Rogers is the man who can be accredited with starting JOH. He rode back in '87......alone. I didn't have the pleasure of riding with him, but he's a beast, so he'd probably kick my butt anyways. He has the build of Lance Armstrong and the voice of Clint Eastwood.

 I rode with Austin and Alberto - two of the last three guys I needed to ride with in order to cross everyone off of my list. Alberto has been having some trouble with his sit bones, so it was one of his first days riding in a while. I expected to have to push him a lot up the hills, but he held his own weight. Austin and I didn't have to help him at all. He did a great job.

We cruised through the ride with little to no trouble and finished in great time. Since the distance was a lot shorter, everyone finished relatively close together. We finished so quickly it didn't even feel right. We all agreed that we felt like we should keep riding. After we got to lodging, a lot of us went into town to take a break from the typical two pieces of meat and one piece of cheese sandwich lunch. Afterwards, we grabbed a smoothie and looked around at the nearby shops. Eventually, everyone got tired and we went to take a nap. We woke up just in time to leave for our friendship visit across the street. It was with Horizons in Steamboat. We met a lot of clients with disabilities there. One client, who liked to call herself Disco Debbie, had a great time poking fun at us and hoping we didn't have girlfriends. Another client, Keith, taught us all the entire dance to Thriller by Michael Jackson. We had a great time dancing and chatting it up.

Later that night the Rogers family treated the North Route team to ice cream and candy. We all overloaded on it and crashed as soon as we got back to lodging. The high school we stayed at was extremely hot, so a lot of us found a hallway that was cooler. The only sacrifice we made was sleeping with the lights on. Overall, it was a really fun day! Thanks to the Rogers family for making it possible.