What a fun day today! We had such a short ride today that the staff had a scavenger hunt for us to participate in. I was on a team with my roommates Cindy and Colleen and friends Daco and Bud. (Our team name started out as Triple Threat, then Daco came on board and we were Daco's Divas, then Bud joined and we ended up with the team name The Odd Couple. I know, weird....)
We had to find all sorts of odd things - like a piece of a fan belt, the population of Burley, a flower, etc. We spent a good amount of time searching for things along the side of the road, as well as scrounging the nearby stores in Burley to find our items. After dinner, all of the teams' items were judged and points given. Guess what? Our team won! Thanks mostly to Colleen - the super scavenger sleuth. Our prize is first in line for all buffets between here and Casper, WY and a free tube and a free patch kit! Whoo hoo!
At 3:00 pm we had a tire changing clinic and I learned lots. I even got some extra help from Trip Leader Mike - he walked me through changing my back tire. I'm glad he did because my tires are a tight fit on my rims and they don't come off very easily.
I also experienced one very unusual event today. As I was riding onthe frontage road parallel to the interstate I heard a big "KABOOM!" I looked up and could see pieces of black tire from a semi flying all over the place. I slowed down because I was close enough that some pieces of tire could actually hit me! Sure enough, one small piece came flying over the fence and landed about 10 yards in front of me. When I picked it up, the rubber was still hot. First time I have ever witnessed a blowout........wow......
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