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Tour of Two Forests Double - 09/18/2004

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Riders getting ready at 6:00
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It's EARLY
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And we're sleepy!
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Joe heading to the start
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Brave recumbent rider
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Joe with last minute touches
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Another rider getting ready
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Big group
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Deb with final instructions
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Our start hotel (which I missed reserving)
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Deb and riders again
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Every little bit helps!
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Riders starting
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First checkpoint
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Mountains we'll eventually climb
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Top of Sulpher "mountain"
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More big climbs ahead
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Riders heading up
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'Bent rider
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Neat Tunnel
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Second checkpoint
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One of many SAG vehicles that day
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Friendly volunteer
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Amazing scenery
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View up toward the top of Pine Mountain
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Water stop halfway up
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Third checkpoint
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"DNTBONK" (I didn't)
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Volunteers
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Lunch time!
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NOT!
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First riders through heartbreak checkpoint (Lorah)
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Heartbreak
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Heartbreak
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Heartbreak
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Neat colored tires!
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Tandem riders taking off
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Riders arriving
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Heartbreak
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The Lodge has seen better days
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Heartbreak
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Heartbreak
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View of Heartbreak from the bottom (That's the road)
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Heartbreak from the top
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It's called Heartbreak because it continues on!
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Joe finally arrives at Lorah's checkpoint
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Heartbreak
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Heartbreak
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Heartbreak
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Heartbreak
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Another tandem team
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Riders hanging out at hotel
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End of "Lumberjack song"
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Joe finished (a respectable 15:22)
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Joe
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Breakfast the next morning (the nearest five plates are mine)

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