Day 41 Twin Falls, ID to Twin Falls, ID

Wednesday 31 August 2011 The 6'th day of the 6'th week. We stay at Day 40 on the road.  Day 1 off the road.
The wagon train was shut down today as one of the riders picked up a food borne ailment.  Team rider Ken went down hard and fast after eating a delicious dinner at a local restaurant. It could have been an apple or some other tainted fruit he ate earlier in the day as the other riders were fine.
This was a VERY ugly situation that came on around 7:30 PM just as they were getting ready to retire for the night.
The team had planned the Twin Falls to Jackpot NV run scheduled for the morning.

Ken's New Best Friend

It was serious enough that Ken was considering a trip o the local medical clinic if there was any way to get there. One thing Ken figured out as an experienced and well trained plumber is that you cannot puke and (excuse my French) shit at the same time on a toilet.  It will only accept one nasty thing at a time.  So when bent over the bowl to vomit you are in serious trouble if your rumpus cannot hold back the brown tide.  No need to get into the fine details I am sure you can figure out the rest.  Unlike at home when he can yell “Debbie” for help calling for the other bikers to cleanup would be a waste of time.

Still weak almost 24 hours later he is improving and should be able to ride in the morning.

The riders are still concerned about the situation of no power and roads shut down at home.  It is the main topic of conversation all the time. What is hard for us is we cannot do anything to help and that is difficult for us to deal with. Hopefully the next storm will stay out at sea where it belongs.  You know it is bad when the National Guard is on the town streets helping with clean up. Our Families did what they had to do and did it well.

Now if everything goes as planned we will be in Nevada by noon Thursday and finished with the tour 10 days after.  Our bicycle boxes are being readied for shipping.  Capt. Joe at All Quality Spares will help us with that issue. Thanks Joe!

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0 Feet of Climbing 

Temperature Perfect…..inside motel with AC