Day Two: Wei's Perspective

Day Two from a rider's perspective.  Below are excerpts from an email.

Peg and I survived. On the first pull, he was blown off the road. When I was off for my pull, he pulled me back to switch into the road bikes to avoid near death experiences.

The 20 mph wind never ceased. Sections of the road provided unexpected skin exfoliation as Peg called it when the sand storm kicked up. When we turned onto 160, the wind direction simply changed to continue the head on onslaught. It was the grind from hell, like WW1 trench warfare. We counted progress one stroke of the pedal at a time. When we took off our shoes after the pull, we still had sand in our socks.

Really appreciate Becky and the green team for releaving us 15 minutes early.

The highlight of the experience. As I was waiting for my pull, Papa Landry (team two crew) raised his hand to check the wind direction. Moments later, a young man pulled up to see if he could help us, thinking we were in distress. Papa explained that we are part of RAAM. he was so impressed by our endeavor that he asked for my signature. To top things off, he offered his bible for me to sign.

Right now driving on 160. Can see the moon and stars, but ominous clouds looming...