Day 5 Red Dress day!

RED DRESS DAY!!! hooray!! Santa Maria to Lompoc. A nice short 42 miles. Originally, this was called dress red day because the route took us around a curve that if one looked down from above, it would look like the red ribbon for AIDS awareness. But it soon evolved to red dress day because AIDS affects the homosexual community and everyone likes to wear dresses. :D "Alright Ladies, and Ladies for the day... remember to drink, stretch, and eat!"
Many people went all out for today. Some wearing large wigs and fluffy tutus with glitter and make up. Some wearing nothing. Some biking in red speedo looking things.
Shauna and I. Shauna rode with me today! I told her I would slow her down by so much, but she taught me how to draft! Drafting is when there are 2 or more bikers and you ride really close to the person in front and completely trust them. You watch their peddling and when they stop peddling, you stop peddling. You get to go faster with less work because the person in front breaks the wind for you. This is the amazing JODI!!!! This lovely lady is the reason I got to do AIDS/LifeCycle! She let me borrow her crazy nice road bike! I miraculously met her on one of the East Bay Training rides. She saw me riding my mountain bike and told me that she was going to sell her bike because she was going to get a new one, not because the bike was old, but because it was a little too big for her. I didn't have enough moola, so she said I could borrow it! SO GENEROUS!! <333>!!! THANK YOU!! She told me that her bike was basically given to her too so she could do AIDS/LifeCycle when she didn't have a bike. Paul (next door tent mate who helped give us wake up calls), me, Shauna.

Today was so nice because since it was such a short ride, I got into camp around 1 or 2. I got to hang out for the whole afternoon, do some laundry with a bucket and a hose, lay outside in the sun, get my tan on...or rather get sunburned. I remember on this day...I was in a sheer state of bliss. I was in a state of complete happiness. I loved this ride because for one week I didn't have to do anything but bike, eat, sleep, and stretch. I got to watch the ocean waves, and look up and see a whole sky full of stars. I didn't have to check email, talk on the phone, worry about being somewhere, worry about paying for stuff. It was great. I couldn't stop smiling. And there were hot gay guys walking around in red dresses everywhere. ahahaha