Spudman #2

As my addition to the Spudman post I would like to add the following observations:

1. Southern Idaho is not pretty
2. Reza will always beat me out of the water. I've accepted this as an unalterable fact of the universe
3. People who put their sprinklers on the road and sit on their lawn chairs to watch a race go by are awesome
4. Bumping your head into the river bank is not a good way to stay in the current
5. Natalie is tough
6. Old pop-up trailers are embarrassing to setup when you are around people in tents but make up for that in comfort level
7. It costs way to much in gas to get to Burley, Idaho
8. The grilled chicken go-wrap from Wendys is a severely lacking post-race meal
9. In-laws that will watch your kids while you go play are one of the nicest luxuries around
10. Friends that are willing to: fly to Utah from Ohio; drive through not-so-pretty southern Idaho; spend too much money on gas to get to Burley, Idaho; be embarrassed to setup an old pop-up trailer next to tent-campers; and get raked over the coals to try and get their bike back to Ohio just to do a race with you are very nice to have.