Our travels on GOBA 2002, con't.

There were lots of interesting tandems on GOBA.	Even the Counterpoint found a counterpart!
It's not just a cool tandem, it's a luggage cart!	Try this with your tandem!
Saturday breakfast
	The kickstand combo How we put the "A" in GOBA Our shortcut   Official GOBA route

On the last two days a sag driver kept bugging us. "Most riders finish the day by 2 pm. You're awfully slow. You've been sagged twice--we can't sag you again. You can't ride tomorrow--you're off the ride! Who's going to come pick you up?" That was on Friday afternoon, with about 30 miles to go, 95° temps, three of us with sun poisoning. Options? There's Ellen's hubby, in Houston, Texas, which is not contiguous to Ohio last time I checked. If he started driving Friday afternoon, he could be in Delaware by Monday. Or there's the kids' grandfather in Michigan. Again, we can ride 40 miles faster than it would take him to drive to the end of the ride. Or the kids' parents in Chicago...but why? With a decent rest, what's so bad about us doing the last 40 miles? On the last day, the sag guy got even more obnoxious. He saw us leaving the campground and pulled over to yell at us. "You're no longer on the ride. You're on your own." So why not take a shortcut and save seven miles? In 90° temps? OK, so the bridge was out and, er, closed to traffic. But we're on bicycles!

Highway guardrails are designed to guide motor vehicles, and perhaps impede other sorts of traffic. But we were determined.	Note the "raging river of death" below.
My philosphy is: the best bicycle tours involve a portage. The hardest part about this little event was guiding the tandems along the balance beam while laughing hysterically. The worst part: we helped several ten-speed guys get their bikes over the first fence... and the ingrates didn't stick around to help us!
Girl Power goes over the top. (Glad I've been lifting weights.)	Up and over with the Counterpoint. (This was not as easy as it looks.)
Later we took another (paved) shortcut to save a couple more miles. Next year we might show up as Team YOYO (you're on your own)

Laura knows how to pack for a week-long bicycle tour. You never know when you might need a nice white dress. She brought the hanger, too.

At the finish back in Delaware...we made it!

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