We all woke up nice and early so that we could go to the Stanford Tri. club group ride. Joe was happy to have a working pillow again! We had a quick breakfast of cereal and then got ready. Monica met us at Lenson's and we all left from there. It was 8 miles from his place to where we would meet for the ride. Monica and Lenson sure were fast. I was left in the dust once we got going on the main road. At that point I was a little worried that everyone would be as fast as them and that I wouldn't be able to keep up. Either way, I was having fun riding since my bike was unloaded and felt speedy. We were a few minutes early when we go there, but once people started showing up I felt a little better. There were a lot of new members and they didn't all look like crazy intense racers. In total, there were probably 20 or more riders. After about 5 miles, the group split up; some people went to do the longer ride with a big climb, and others went to do the "flatter ride" that was a little shorter. All 4 of us went with the shorter ride because Lenson had a bunch of school work he needed to do later today. It was a great ride, especially when we got off the main road. We rode on a small winding side road and then after crossing an intersection we were on a road called Canada (with an ~ above the n, not the country). It was an awesome road to ride on today because on Sundays, they close down the road to traffic for "bicycle Sunday." What a great thing not only for racing cyclists, but also for kids and families. There were so many bikes on the road; it was amazing. We retraced pretty close to the same route on the way back to the campus. By the time we got back to where we started, most of the riders had already headed off to the area of campus where they lived. Lenson, Monica, Joe and I waited by the "pink" fountain for one of Monica's friends. From there we went to the Graduate Community Center where there was a little restaurant named Rays. After an already awesome morning, we enjoyed a yummy lunch thanks to Monica. She was sad that she couldn't host us herself because of her new roommate, and insisted that she buy us lunch. Joey and I each had a really tasty cheeseburger and fries. From there, we headed back to Lenson's. I got a little behind and somehow got stopped by EVERY single stop light. That was a little frustrating. When we got back to the "shack our back," we said our goodbyes to Monica and spent the remainder of the day relaxing. We all had some ice cream as a midday snack, oh how I love ice cream. I worked on trying to catch up on blogs, which now seems like a never ending battle. Before it was enjoyable because I would just do one a day, or 2 if I happened to get a little behind. Now, because the tablet was down for so long, I have a lot to catch up on. Some of the blogs, I hand wrote, but still needed to go back and type, either way, it was a little tedious ( took a lot of breaks from doing them today). But in the end, I just can't give them up. For Joey and I, the blogs are a way to go back and re-live the days and help keep it so things don't just blur together. They will be more important down the road as we are looking back on our travels. Once I get all caught up, they will be fun again. The boys went on a walk to the grocery store at one point this afternoon. I made the last of our pasta/ spaghetti/ mozzerella cheese for dinner when they returned. Before bed, Joey and I watched a pretty funny movie on Netflix. Another great day. We were both a little tired from this morning's ride since we aren't used to going so fast- but boy was it great to ride with our bikes unloaded! Even though we didn't ride our bikes loaded, we had a pretty good loop ride from and to Lensons. Our miles from that ride totaled 44.98.