TUESDAY - Can you believe it?  It's "Sinko the Mayo!" (and when we say "mayo," we mean Best Foods!).  It's a big, big holiday here in the western U.S. and Texas, but no so much in Mexico.  Well that makes sense because it's a Mexican holiday celebrating their defeat of the French - why would they want to celebrate that?  If they'd let the French win they'd have been sold to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase from the French and.....well.....just imagine who'd be mowing your lawn today - that's right, CANADIANS!  Win the battle and lose the war...just sayin'!

Anyway, we are definitely in the "escape window" for the Riding4Beer Magical Mystery Tour (sponsored by Budweiser - the "King of Beers!").  The official start date just a few weeks away (May 23) and there's still a pile of sh_t we have to take care of and get handled.  Stacy is furiously working on a hundred projects simultaneously and Kevin is, well, not really doing much other than surfing the internet for porn, but at least that's something. 

Last night we had an official meeting with Lowell & Marsha (trailer park managers and co-directors of homeland security for the tour).  There are lots of details to keep our trailer secure while we're on the road and they were best reviewed with buckets of ice cold Budweisers.  The plans definitely made sense last night but this morning they're a bit confusing.  Speaking of Budweiser, tomorrow we have our final pre-trip meeting with their corporate folks to review all the do's (and especially the "don'ts) of our sponsorship contract.  Don't tell 'em but our guess is that we'll break some clause in the contract before the meeting is even over! And you thought all we did was climb on the bike and ride - we do.....

      
        Marsha warned Lowell about drinking too much.                     Fortunately we had some handy information for him!

      
      Stacy had a different issue - but she's a vegetarian.                         No problem - fortunately we'd stocked up!