Day 70: spokes superlatives!

Sunday, August 13, 2023

Placerville, CA -> Sacramento, CA

51 miles. 1,460 ft elevation gain.

hello! for my (delayed) last post, i wanted to wrap up with some team superlatives.

how well do you know us? try to guess each one!

most likely to...

fall asleep biking

Andrew

find a shortcut

Joy

bike on the interstate

Audrey

go off on their own adventure

Vin

lose a sock

Andrew

dry their underwear on the dashboard

Katherine

survive longest with only their bicycle in the middle of nowhere

Lucy

give you kudos on Strava

Andrew

get a KOM on Strava

Audrey

get a flat

Vin (he's at 3... and counting)

fall off their bike

Audrey

overpack

Andrew, Lucy, and Vin... lots of overpackers on this team

host on warmshowers

Lucy

be adopted by a warmshowers host

Andrew

never camp again

Andrew

feel at home wherever we go

Joy

become a teacher

Duha

befriend cats

Duha

send a postcard

Katherine

get pulled over

Joy

get injured

Andrew (rip shoulder)

wake up first

Andrew

wake up last

Vin

do Spokes all over again

Audrey & Lucy

best...

driver

Duha (nothing prepares you better than the streets of New York)

blogger

Vin (who doesn't like corny jokes?)

chef

Andrew (still dreaming about that pho in St. Louis....)

team spirit

Joy

passenger princess

Andrew

bike snacks

Vin (who could say no to oreos and candy?)

i hope you enjoyed following along our journey and getting to know us through the blogs!

singing off,

Audrey

P.S. Some pictures from the ride and from our time in Sacramento! Thank you so much to Andrew's aunt & uncle for hosting us!