Road trips started....

Here I am in Boulder City after an not so eventful (which is good) drive down. I started Thursday after a little delay while trying to decide dogs or no dogs....But I did eventually make it out of Fort McMurray with no dogs, and headed to Edmonton, first stop, got bikes ready (And Steve, I got your ride), then continued to Calgary with a quick stop at MEC to receive my only ticket so far (P-ticket), then on to Lethbridge for a quick sleep.
Friday was my planned marathon day. I got up and on the road by 6am after quick stop at Tims for a last mocha for a while. The boarder crossing, for those who know my boarder crossing history, went better than ever. The rest of the way to Salt Lake was an easy go. In Salt Lake I ended up in the middle of rush hour, road construction and declined credit card when trying to get some gas (I should have learned by now that PCF really likes if you call them before doing something not fitting your spending pattern). By the time I got out of Salt Lake it was 2 hours later. Vegas was my goal, but by St. George, UT I was done! After being rejected at 4 hotels, and told town was booked up, I ended up 40 mins south and got a room in a Casino place, Eureka Casino and hotel, fancy and above my budget (fancy was just the price, not the actual hotel), but at this point I was tired, so tired I even accepted that all they had was one smoking room, but they "fogged" it, whatever that meant. This morning I know it doesn't really mean anything.
Not sure why the hotels are so busy down here, I thought people are being careful with their money these days!?
Today I got up early again, after smoke inhalation and some rest, a quick McDonalds breakfast I was on the road, getting really exited to get on my bike soon. Got to Las Vegas, and through Las Vegas safe and with all my money still in my pocket! Drove in to this little city called Boulder City where we are staying for 3 nights.
The group I'm with will be 5 other guys and another girl. Today there were 5 off us and we did a "warm-up" ride just up the hills from our nice little sleeping spot. I can't even explain how nice it was to feel dirt under the wheels again, after way too many months with feeling only snow! The warm up heart rate was way too high from adrenaline and heat (ok ok.. maybe some lacking fitness too..), which I was so totally ok with. It is amazing what trails are here and after only one ride I highly recommend this spot for any Canadian looking for a spring getaway on with bikes! Or maybe my expectations are just so low at this point after so many snow rides!? Well I will let you know as the week goes on.
I don’t know the group all that well yet, after our 2+ hour ride today this is what I see….. One ex-Olympian, one hung over wanna be Olympian, one flue recovering Calgarian, one long sleeve in 25 Kelownean and one Norwegian gal, and two more to come. So far so good so should be a fun week in training camp!
They are calling for 27 and clear sky tomorrow!

Happy Riding!
kate