Round and round we go

****Scott emailed me this post today (1/15)***

This was another “get ready” day filled with last minute packing, gear rearrangement, another rider meeting and finally the weigh-in. Some humorous (and not so much) highlights:

• The previous day’s “fun ride” to the pyramids was cut short due to bad traffic. Thus, 3 of us decided to have our own fun ride this morning. Being as it was Friday (an Islamic holy day), there was no traffic. We received a police escort most of the way to these lesser pyramids and most of the way back too!
• My father buying 3+ cases of Snickers bars on his grocery run and then getting rather upset when he could only sell roughly 1/2 of them. He claims people told him during breakfast to “buy all you can”. I was at that same breakfast and only recall orders for approximately 20 bars. He was later accused of price gouging by one of the other riders.
• Playing tetris with all of the items that needed to go into the bags. Admittedly it was a 2-factor problem: I had too much stuff and the bag I had was too small. For the record, I wasn’t overweight. In order to ensure full support for the tour, the organization decided to hold back the regular support trucks that house our lockers and have it meet us in Sudan should there be no issues with the ongoing separation of the country. I didn’t know I could only use 2 bags. Honest.

The final weigh-in was rather anti-climactic with me having ~15 pounds to spare even after loading up on energy drink powder (from home) and loads of snacks purchased locally. All is set for the big day…