Day 18: Seaside,Ca to Morro Bay,Ca

Miles on the Road: 125 to many.

Weather: 50's to start...and then it got warmer.

Terrain: Hilly. Mini-Mountains. Yeah, it was really hilly. Possibly one of the most challenging days of climbing on the the trip.

Wind: It was light.....and actually a mix of a crosswind, headwind, and maybe even a little bit of a tailwind.

# of ounces of "Pedialite" that I drank after today's ride because of dehydration. three cups

Songs stuck in my head: "He's able" --that old p & w song from when I was growing up.
"Crazy Train" -Ozzy

# of flats for Tom on this trip: two--including one today.

Weird and Random old person funny moment of the day: We stopped to grab some grub at a grocery store, and a 65 or 70 year old lady outside told us THREE TIMES that she had just purchased the lottery ticket that was going to win her millions.

Driver Award of the Day: The guy in the 95 Miada convertable that pumped his fists as he drove by us.
Thanks, buddy. That was cool. (seriously). We knew at that moment that you were one of us.

# of times that Marcy Mcgovern has fallen on this trip: two (The second one that occurred yesterday though was a fall
when Marcy was stopped off the road next to Lyle's car. Fortunately, she was alright again. She fell, there was that moment where we were all like, "Is she alright" .....then, from the ground, we heard her high-pitched giggle, and then we followed in laughter. :)

SUMMARY OF DAY 18......
CRazy day. Absolutely insane. I'm not sure how else to describe it. Stephen and I rode more miles today than we've ever ridden in our entire lives in one day. 125 big ones over some insane hills. We had Team Denver with us for the first 60 miles or so, but then it was just Stephen and I as Lyle and Marcy started their trek back to Denver. Stephen and I rolled into Morro Bay,CA at about 7:15pm.....beaten, bruised, and battered. I haven't felt so spent the entire trip. But our spirits were not crushed. Here's the deal with the next four days.....it's going to be tough. Way tough. One of the main reasons that we were lost yesterday is because we are not riding on HWY 1 through the larger cities, but rather the side streets that we are unfamiliar with. And usually there are so many different streets to turn onto when you're going through a city. We're going to have a lot of this for the next four days.....so we definitely covet your thoughts and prayers as we make this trek.

THE HUNGER RIDE SAYS GOODBYE......
to 2/3 of Team Denver--Marcy & Lyle. They took off to this afternoon to drive back to Denver. We will miss them greatly. Lyle and Marcy--thanks for the good times. You guys rock!!1

THE HUNGERRIDE WELCOMES......
Mr William Douglas (Stephen's grandfather) and Will Douglas (Stephen's brother) to the Hunger Ride to sagwagon!!

STUD OF THE DAY AWARD:(yesterday) Lyle "Heavy D" Devries for riding 82 miles with us.......after not being on his bike in nearly two months after recovering from whiplash from a car accident. Without question, this guy is a machine. In Rocky IV we found out that the Russian is a man, and not a machine. "The Russian is cut, the Russian is cut......see, see, I told you, He's not a machine, He's a man." Well, on the 2007 Hunger Ride, we found out that Lyle Devries is not a man, but rather a machine.