Day 43 Twin Falls, ID still

Friday 2 September 2011 The 1'st day of the 7'th week. Day 40 41 40 on the road. Day 3 off the road.

Knowing Tim would still be very weak from the same uncontrolled vomiting and diarrhea that plagued Ken the decision was made the 100 mile trip to Nevada would not be possible.

We hate to not tag the state as planned but Ken and Tim’s bodies have taken a beating with this mysterious sickness.  Ken is feeling better and even for Ken who has had an extra day to recover the 100 mile journey would be difficult.

Time and money are running out so Nevada is now off the list of states we will ride to. We all miss home and have commitments to families and work that have to be considered. Both riders are still dehydrated and have lost weight from the ordeal and are having trouble eating. Again plans and routing had to be changed. This is the Labor Day weekend so booking a motel is not easy.

We decided to only ride 50 miles Friday and then tie back into our original route. At least we would be making forward progress to complete our tour.  The rerouting took a couple hours and a room was booked. While this was going on.  Joe who had felt fine for the past three days ran to the bathroom and vomited.  He blamed the salad he had the night before and assured the others he felt better after throwing up and was ready to ride.

We packed all the bikes and prepared to get on the road when Joe said maybe he was not feeling as good as he thought earlier.  It did not take long to see he was going downhill quickly.  Ken reminded him once we leave he is committed and if he is sick it would be an ugly ride.  Unlike the northeast there are no trees to hide behind if Mother Nature calls.  You will be taking a crap in the wide open spaces or puking with an audience of holiday passerby’s.

Everyone was dressed and ready to go as Joe pondered his fate. He decided to go and take a test ride on the bike to see how he felt. Tim and Ken stayed in the room and only had to wait a few minutes for his return.  Joe returned and said he was feeling too crummy to ride even 50 miles. Again we would be sidelined and condemned to the motel room for at least another day.  Tim was happy because even 50 miles would have been difficult for him.

Joe was spared the constant uncontrolled vomiting as it seemed the illness was not taking aim on him as hard as it did for Ken and Tim. Regardless we were shutdown for another day in Idaho.

Even though Joe was spared the worse of the sickness by midday he was still feeling weak and in bed. We had made the right decision because it was clear he would not have been able to ride 50 miles in his condition.

By the end of the day Froday both Tim and Ken were able to eat small amounts of food and it seemed to make them feel better.  Joe sipped Gatorade and ate some yogurt. We will try again Saturday morning to leave Twin Falls.
0 Miles
0 Feet of Climbing 
Temperature was easily controlled by the room’s thermostat again.


Team Recovery in progress.


11:45 AM EST Breaking News!


The team is on the road headed slowly north!  Nevada will be for another day.

"Houston, is it a GO?"

7:00 AM here, 5:00 AM there, should know shortly, could probably gage it by the room's H2O usage..

"Cape Canaveral, looks like we have another "BUG" Hold"  "Stand By"

10:00 AM here 7:00 AM there (maybe 8 not sure) looks like we have another new stricken team member..