Back on the road!!!

I think everyone will be happy to hear that HBC South is back on the road and better (and hotter) than ever! Sad as we were to leave the kind folks of Colby, KS (and the awesome Slavens family with their late-night decorating of our van), we decided this morning that it was finally time to hit the slopes of Colorado. Only there are no slopes here. Apparently Colorado has a bit of a split personality. If it wasn't for the "Welcome to Colorful Colorado" sign on the side of the road, we would never had known that we not only crossed into a new state, but also a new time zone!

Twelve of us suited up for the ride today (well, an abbreviated version of the ride, about 50 fast, flat miles from the CO border into Cope), with the rest of the troops vanning it up one more day to fully recouperate from our bout of the now-infamous "HBC plague". All arrived in Cope by 1 or 2 PM, giving us plenty of time to rest and relax before our whopper of a day tomorrow. And I don't think we have to worry too much about riders going wild partying tonight and exhausting themselves. In fact, I would go out on a limb and say that with the exception of Big Ugly, Cope is far and away the smallest town we've stayed in.

Well, it's my turn for a shower, so I'd better sign off now. I'm sure we'll have another blog for you in Boulder (2 days!!!!)

Fireworks and Future Farmers of America,
~Jess

P.S. Thanks for the awesome mail drop...keep it coming! :)