MS150

Last weekend was the MS150 in Minnesota. The ride was really great and there were over 3,300 people. The event started on Friday with a bus ride up to Proctor, MN, where the ride started off. We slept on the floor of a gym in the Middle school on Friday night with about 300 other people. There was one guy who decided to use his mechanical air pump to fill up his air mattress at one in the morning, much appreciated.

Saturday morning was pretty cold and we hit a little rain about 10 miles in which was cold, it may have been sleet. Then the ride got onto a long trail which we stayed on the rest of the day. We finished in Hinckley, MN on Saturday night for some camping at the Grand Casino. We arrived early and sat around for several hours, got a nice little massage, and then a pretty good sized storm moved and it rained for a while. The team I was "on", called Soar Buns, sat around under a tent and ate some dinner. Following dinner the weather was cold so Rigel, my friend who talked me into doing the ride, and I went to the casino for a little Blackjack. Thirty minutes after entering the casino we walked out with some bad yogurt and 75 dollars more than we entered with. Then it was off to bed.

Sunday morning was pretty chilly too but there were no clouds. After packing up and eating breakfast we headed out. There were a lot of people out already and we spent a while passing people. Rigel's crank came loose on the ride so I stopped and helped him fix it then we headed to the first rest stop where I told Rigel to have a mechanic fix it while I went to the bathroom. We got back out on the road and I soon noticed that Rigel wasn't with me so I turned back to find him. His crank had come loose again so he turned back to see if someone could fix it. Turns out he thought he could fix it himself and didn't have a mechanic do it. Then I got frustrated with Rigel and texted Lauren to remind me to not do events like this with Rigel ever again. After twenty minutes we were back out on the road and all of the sudden Rigel's crank was coming loose again. Come on Rigel!! I told him I'd wait for him at the next rest stop for a little bit but then I was going to go on. I got to the stop and Rigel didn't show up for like ten minutes so I went on without him. I decided to ride harder than I had been since Rigel doesn't ride as hard and the rest of the ride went good and fast.

The finish line was great with a lot of people and a big banner, and sort of sore buns, or Soar Buns if you will. Then we came back into the cities and I got a good steak dinner with Lauren's parents. Lauren went to a 4H horse camp so she missed out big time.