Niagara Falls on Day 0 (registration day just prior to ride start)
Day 1-Gear truck hauls it all to camp every day
Me on Day 0. Won't look this fresh again for at least a week!
Opening Ceremonies at Terrapin Point
Mary & I at the start of our 8th AIDS Ride.
Me on the edge of Horseshoe Falls, beginning of ESAR5
PS Breakthrough Riders ready to leave the Falls
Day 1 - Niagara Falls to Charlotte
Day 1-Lunch stop, mmmmm, watermelon!
Day 1-PM rest stop, rainstorm coming fast
Evening of Day 1 - Camp on the shore of Lake Ontario. Nothing quite like starting & ending your day w/a rainbow
Day 2 - Leaving our Charlotte campsite
Day 2 - AM stop. Barry & I matched in our Wishlist jerseys from the Alaska AIDS Vaccine Ride.
Day 2 - Charlotte to Samson State Park
Day 2 - lunch stop
Day 2 - The very cool & very old stone house
Day 2 - PM rest stop at the gazebo on Seneca Lake, Geneva, NY
Day 2 - Jon & Roadkill on Seneca Lake
Day 2 - Making AIDS History
Day 2 camp - bikes take a break too
Day 2 - Starbucks in camp at Samson State Park
Day 2 Camp - Alison & Liz are oh-so-relaxed now!
Day 2 camp - Samson State Park on Seneca Lake
PSR banner flies again over Day 2 campsite
Laura relaxes by her tent
Mitchell preps for Red Day tomorrow
Day 3 - RED DAY divas!
Day3 - This year I took on the optional climb up to Taughannock Falls!!
Day 3 - Taughannock Falls
Day 3 - Allen Sisters surprise at Taughannock Falls (Jessica, me, Margaret)
Cindy & Annie - AIDS Fighters!
AM/PM Red Rest Stop Divas
Day 3 - Ithaca Commons w/Caitlin's favorite store (Evolution)
Day 3 - Caitlin is lunch wizard at Slaterville Springs. It's RED DAY!
Day 3 - Mitchell gets comfortable in red
Day 3 - Le Doc & Michael tend to Lucy's skinned knee outside the lunch stop
Day 3 camp at Chenango Valley State Park
Day 4 - AM announcements leaving Chenango Park, Downsville, NY.
Day 4 - Leaving Chenango Park
Day 4 - cool sign!
Day 4 - Carrie on "Poker Day" at the AM rest stop
Day 4 - "The (Super Grover) Girls"
Day 4 Lunch stop - high water mark for '06 flood is marked on pool restrooms...
Day4 ...with the itty bitty bathroom stalls
Day 4 Lunch stop
Day 4 Caitlin at the lunch stop
Day 4 - Gary cheered us all up Walton Hill. Note warning sign - 2.5mi at 10% grade!
Day 4 - Peaceful Valley campground approaching
Day 4 - Dining in Peaceful Valley
Disco Day 5 - Gary is ready to rock the rest stops
Day 5 - Dan is certain this farm was featured in "Transamerica"
Day 5 - Pam watches the milk leave the dairy
Day 5 AM - Meandering along the Delaware, Beaver Kill and other rivers
Day 5 - Crossed Roehbling bridge to...
... pedal a few strokes in Pennsylvania!
Entire PS Breakthrough Riders team!
Day 5 cocktail hour - "Fish" is delivered to Margaret as promised
Day 6 - "Shady Bride" Melissa is ready to ride on her wedding day.
Day 6 - The climb to Hawk's Nest
Day 6 - Me at Hawk's Nest
Day 6 - PSBR Margaret, Jon, Tracy, Annie, Lucy, Linda & Cindy at Hawk's Nest
Day 6 - Leaving Port Jervis after AM stop
Day 6 - passing thru "Black Dirt Region" (yes, the dirt is BLACK)
Day 6 - Mary watches for Linda at the PM rest stop before the climb up Mt. Peter
Day 6 - Bob joined the ride up the PM hills to camp (w/Tracy & Barry)
Day 6 - Liz grimaces thru the pain of Judy's touch that hurts so good!
Day 6 - Tracy & Mary x2 ready to ride up Mt. Peter!
Day 6 - Jon & I made it up the first hill. Time for ice cream!!
Day 6 - w/Tamar & Jay at impromptu stop before the climb into camp
Day 6 - Melissa's walk down the aisle (after riding 82 miles!)
Wedding Day 6 - Mathias & Melissa, newly wed
Morning of Day 7 at Bear Mountain camp (my tent on left)
Day 7 - the slow ride into Manhattan
Day 7 - Jon & Theresa cool off at the Nyack Starbucks
Day 7 - Liz & Alison are starstuck at Starbucks when they see Stephen Baldwin!
Day 7 - Alison & Liz w/STEPHEN!
Day 7 - Stephen Baldwin & all the girls
Day 7 - My bike enjoys premium parking
Day 7 lunch - PS Breakthrough Riders are ready to finish!
Day 7 climb up GW Bridge
Day 7 climb down GW Bridge
Day 7 - PS Breakthrough Riders are over the GW and on Manhattan!
Day 7-ESAR5 group at St.John the Devine ready to cross the finish line
Day 7-trail caravan to the finish line at southern tip of Manhattan
Jon, Mary & Tracy w/Randy Shields from UCSF ARI
Day 7 - Made it to the finish line!
