Last day GMBR 2025

The last day

Day 10 and I’m still feeling like I’m dialing in my gear. My center console pack is no longer slumping over and banging against my knee when I pedal. Yesterday, I really felt like I was pedaling too hard to keep up with everyone which tends to make me grumpy. This morning, I put some air in my tires and my bike was noticeably easier to pedal. I apologized to anyone I was grumpy with the day before. Between the easier riding, the perfect weather, and the New Mexico landscape, I was back to feeling wonderful.

This is our last day of riding. The irony is that today is beautiful. Every day in this trip it has rained. The sun is out and the temperature is perfect. Absolutely no wind at all. Everyone wished the whole trip was like today.

We have all become bicycle riders, one with our bikes. Mastering steep dirt trails, deep mud, and fully adjusted to our new life. It’s an existence persistent to the hardships yet singular in nature. One may use the words “simple life” but it was anything but simple.

Yet somewhere in our hearts, there’s a longing to be home with our loved ones. Sharing life , experiencing beautiful things is a luxury.

“Homeward bound and I wish I was, homeward bound “. Simon and Garfunkel

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