[OrRando] RE: Ride Report 0R600k TBL

[Susan France]

Whoops, photos are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orrando/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com
> [mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com]On Behalf Of Susan France
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:11 AM
> To: orrando at tire.patch.com; sir at phred.org
> Subject: [OrRando] RE: Ride Report 0R600k TBL
>
>
>
> > I will leave it to the riders to
> > tell their stories in their own words, from the panic expression on
> > Susan France's face when she discovered The Kramer cooking breakfast
>
> Before The Big Lebowski I had always >>assumed<< all men knew how to cook
> and thought it safe to crawl into the back of my van for a wee
> nap. The boys
> up in Seattle always made such a wonderful sandwich.  During my RAAM days,
> my son learned to cook at the age of 8 "out of necessity", so he
> says, as he
> whips of breakfast burritos and blueberry waffles for the crowd
> at Grandmas
> and Grandpas. In fact, I usually leave it to my son to spice up
> my chili for
> me...he just has the knack of getting it perfect, throwing in a little of
> everything including a touch of cocoa and cinnamon.
>
> John "The Kramer" must get the "International Rando Cuesheet Award." His
> cuesheet was kept as a memento by all as it was color coded, included
> several pictures of Big Lebowski characters, various logos and was just
> thoroughly entertaining to look at. Hopefully he'll get up a PDF
> version for
> all to see on the ORR website. And was not his personalized
> trophies for all
> participants great? I suppose the rider who showed up Saturday morning
> without preregistering is scratching his head on that one. Another reason
> one must preregister... you never know when you might get a personalized
> award.
>
> I heard of a number of ways and places riders warmed up during the night:
> One stuffed his emergency blanket fluffed up inside the front of
> his jacket
> creating a down jacket effect. Another carries a full length
> tyvek lab coat,
> which we think can be marketed to randos and become a huge ORR
> money maker.
> Most randos discovered the heated campground restroom after Hardman..one
> rando couldn't pass it up and napped in the shower stall. Then there were
> picnic tables at John Day and the Fossil post office.
>
> One rider took John's ride report a little to seriously...never take John
> too seriously. The rider equipped his bicycle with bear bells for night
> riding. As he rode up to the overnight control I was sure we had a broken
> rando bicycle that need fixing.... I thought to myself "surely a
> jingle-bells mudflap wouldn't be installed in September."
>
> A very few photos here:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/?start_tab=one_set72157594309464906
> As I went into my van to retrieve the camera at the finish line I
> just fell
> over and napped... besides I'm just not good at capturing moments
> except in
> my brain.
>
> Susan
>
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