A Gluttonous Feast and a Pleasant Suprise

My (Lucy) very kind and generous grandparents took my lovely mother and I to dine on unlimited offerings of pit fire roasted meats at Fogo De Chao in downtown Denver. We all had a delightful experience. I love that place! My family happens to be very supportive, proud, and worried for our excursion. We will be safe, we will be aware, we might get wet and cold, but we will have the time of our lives. Thank you Larry and Charie! Thank you mama!

Before I left to meet for lunch, I received a message from my ex husband. He had just found an extremely sentimental artifact from my youth that I thought I had lost forever. An old "Keroppi" Sanrio Brand frog character wallet that I purchased when I was sixteen. It contained an old prison ID of my father that he had given to me when I was in the hospital recovering from a near fatal throat stabbing. Since my father had passed away, it had become EVEN more sentimental. So my ex offered to bring it down to me after I got home. What great timing, seeing as though we are leaving first thing in the morning. Mark and I had a puppy that he was "granted" custody of in the divorce. I have only seen her once in the last year and a half since Mark and I reconciled. Conflicting schedules, conflicting locations etc.....Sooooo, to top off an already great afternoon, Mark graciously brought Dumpster (the puppy, now 5 1/2 years old) over for a visit! What an awesome last day! Thank you Mark, it was also nice to chat with you too!

Good Bye Gritz (aka Mo)

Precious Mo, she is so squirmy this morning, I cannot get a good picture.

Thank you little brother Aaron for taking care of the babies while we are away.

Good Bye Guido

Here he is, nestled on my goose down sleeping bag. His eyes absorbing the color perfectly.

Leaving Tomorrow

We would Like to formally thank Mark and Kristy Dym, owners of Marco's Coal Fired Pizza, for all of their support and encouragement. Don't forget to try their incredible wood fired pizza and unique coal fired lemoncello chicken wings. Colorado's only Associazione Pizzaiuoli Napolitana!

2129 Larimer Street

Denver, CO 80205

(303) 296-7000

So this is it. Our last farewells. Pack our panniers, load the bikes and head in a north westerly direction. It should now get more interesting from here on out. First stop, about 67 miles out, Fort Collins. We opted for fast over scenic, since we have both been to and from Fort Collins via cycling before. Pecos, to Lowell, to 120th to Highway 285.

some pictures

                                                    Lovin' Denver

 Our toolkit.  Believe it or not, with these near complete disassembly is possible

 everything in a pile

Lucy's stuff in a pile
The cat, Mo, is not coming though ) :

moving day

well, today we bot most of our stuff out of the house.  I had to drive.  shudder.  And I feel for the other road users too.  Anyway,  It's getting close.  By this weekend we will be living out of our panniers,  then I have to help out at work on tuesday, and we should be outta here wednesday or thursday.  Lets just hope
nothing explodes.

So Things Have Changed. As They Often Do

So both of our work environments have become encouraging to our decision. We have both prolonged our stay with a promise to return. After concluding the return to Denver, that is. It has cost us less money and physical labor to do so. Inexpensive storage and welcoming arms is all it took. Thank you jobs. Once you agree to sponsor, then we will mention you with larger gratitude. Haha.

We must retreat by September 1st. We hope to be in Vancouver by October. We have not trained. Just doing it will be our training. ( Hint hint, any other sponsors...)

A shake down, and other preparation photos  will be included once we figure out how to use our new camera. Thank you helpful staff of Wolf Camera!