Voice Post: 2011 PMC Sun 7am: Brewster

[ornoth_cycling]

The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.

Okay, we are at Brewster, at Nickerson State Park, which is usually where we see Jack O'riordan, the kid who for the past 12 years has been holding up a sign saying "Now I'm 3 thanks to you", "Now I'm 4 years old thanks to you", "Now I'm 12 years old thanks to you". He's not here this year, but the good thing is he's actually riding this year! Won't be visiting him here, but know that he's out there also, continuing to support the cause since he was 3 years old and diagnosed with a rare cancer. Gonna do the usual: grab some water and see if I can find Jay somewhere. I did strip off the rain jacket, and glad I did. It's still really heavy overcast here. It's standing water, but nothing in the air, so it's not bad, just kinda humid. Still low 70s. Pretty pleasant ride, except I'm covered with road grime and stuff. I did go by the Cape Cod Sea Camps hedge, solo this year. The first year I've ever gone by there and wasn't either in a pack of cars or in a pack of riders, so I got this huge solo cheer from everyone at camp, which was much appreciated. It brings a tear to the eye. That's it from here. Next stop is Wellfleet, so I'm actually not quite halfway thru today's ride already, even though it's only 7:42 in the morning. It'll be a quick one today. Hopefully we'll beat the rain or avoid it somehow. Next stop: Wellfleet!