Sharon's Ride
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The check-in volunteers are set up and waiting for the beginning riders - and the volunteer cooks are busy cooking.
The check-in volunteers are set up and waiting for the beginning riders - and the volunteer cooks are busy cooking.
 
For the first time in almost a decade, I was doing things I used to take for granted.
A helpful volunteer found a string to tie my tent and its
bag together.  Note the folded tent is four times bigger than
the sack I'd taken it from.  For the first time in almost a decade,
 I was doing things I used to take for granted.

 
The view from my cabin (too tired to put up the tent) where I slept in a bunk surrounded by three fellows in adjoining bunks .I did warn them hubby says I snore....
The view from my cabin (too tired to put up the tent) where
I slept in a bunk surrounded by three fellows in adjoining bunks .
I did warn them hubby says I snore....

 
One of the four resident deer- lab size and just as friendly..
One of the four resident deer- lab size and just as friendly..
 
Cycling pals stopped long enough for this picture.
Cycling pals stopped long enough for this picture.
 
Trekkers looking for an empty bunk at Camp Orkila.
Trekkers looking for an empty bunk at Camp Orkila.
 
The dinner line-up begins...
The dinner line-up begins...
 
Two of the baggage trucks and some of the bikes resting for the night.
Two of the baggage trucks and some of the bikes resting
for the night.
A tired trekker getting dinner..
A tired trekker getting dinner..
 
Dinner time for our trekking family... mom and dad on a tandem pulling their children... wonderful well behaved children - a pleasure to be around.
Dinner time for our trekking family... mom and dad on a tandem pulling their children... wonderful well behaved children - a pleasure to be around.
 
Dan Loughmiller, one of the ALA of WA's dedicated volunteers helping unload my trike seat cushions.
Dan Loughmiller, one of the ALA of WA's dedicated volunteers helping unload my trike seat cushions.
 

 

 

Meredith Gibson, Graig, "Captain Trekker - The Jester", wife Cathy
Meredith Gibson, the effervescent 3 day Trek TriIsland untiring manager and trouble shooter, Graig, "Captain Trekker - The Jester", wife Cathy "Blooming Idiot" Brown and another ever present head counter heads, Kathy Cunningham, self described, "Street Walker" ... Kathy walks the streets looking for Trekkers...making sure we don't lose anybody.
 
Happy cyclists coming in from the long ride from Camp Orkila.
Happy cyclists coming in from the long ride from
Camp Orkila.
 
21 getting checked in...
21 getting checked in...
 

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