When my alarm went off at 3:15 AM I REALLY didn't want to answer it. If it weren't that I didn't want to let down my fellow teammates I think I might have avoided it. As it was I straggled out of bed and got ready for Dress in Red Day, the 5th day of the ride. Gay men being gay men they turned Dress in Red Day into Red Dress Day and there was plenty of men and women in red dresses. The first crew to wow us with their fabulous red fashions was the food services team themselves. Once again they brought the crazy fashion. I was stunned by the costumes they managed to put on at 3 in the morning. Red dresses, fishnet hose, crazy makeup . . . and I'll I manged to do was pull on a red football jersey and stagger down to breakfast. Maybe next year I'll try to represent a bit better, check and see! Breakfast was much more festive affair with all the amazing fashion parading by! Words cannot describe some of the silly, horrific, and amazing costumes. (Pics coming soon.) The healing had most certainly begun!
After breakfast we were assigned to bus D(ivalicious). This time the bus maven was a large man wearing a bright red dress and heels. He'd hidden a tiara under one of the seats and it was up to us to find it, and whoever did was the honorary diva of the ride. Emily was the winner!
While we were packing up in Santa Maria I struck up a conversation with one of the chiropractic team members and asked her a little bit about what they did and if chiropractors in general could give me some help with some of the minor issues left over from my hip surgery. She encouraged me to stop by the chiro tent at 2 that day. I set up my tent and set my alarm for 1:45 and took a MUCH needed nap. I woke up refreshed and went over to the medical tent and signed up for a chiro appointment. They saw me almost right away. All of the chiro team were in red dresses. While I was laying on the exam table waiting for my chiropractor to come back with some tools I had a very surreal moment. I was watching a bunch of nurses and chiropractors of both genders milling around doing their jobs in red dresses. It was as if I'd entered some sort of strange parallel universe! I couldn't help it, I just started to laugh out loud. After a few minor adjustments to my leg I left feeling even better.
Dinner that night was easy going, and VERY yummy! In particular the Osso Bucco was amazing! The meat just fell right off the bone! After dinner I caught the end of the talent show, not as tragic as I'd hoped, with an amazing opera performance by one of the riders! I just sort of vaguely remember walking back to my tent and crashing almost immediately!
After breakfast we were assigned to bus D(ivalicious). This time the bus maven was a large man wearing a bright red dress and heels. He'd hidden a tiara under one of the seats and it was up to us to find it, and whoever did was the honorary diva of the ride. Emily was the winner!
While we were packing up in Santa Maria I struck up a conversation with one of the chiropractic team members and asked her a little bit about what they did and if chiropractors in general could give me some help with some of the minor issues left over from my hip surgery. She encouraged me to stop by the chiro tent at 2 that day. I set up my tent and set my alarm for 1:45 and took a MUCH needed nap. I woke up refreshed and went over to the medical tent and signed up for a chiro appointment. They saw me almost right away. All of the chiro team were in red dresses. While I was laying on the exam table waiting for my chiropractor to come back with some tools I had a very surreal moment. I was watching a bunch of nurses and chiropractors of both genders milling around doing their jobs in red dresses. It was as if I'd entered some sort of strange parallel universe! I couldn't help it, I just started to laugh out loud. After a few minor adjustments to my leg I left feeling even better.
Dinner that night was easy going, and VERY yummy! In particular the Osso Bucco was amazing! The meat just fell right off the bone! After dinner I caught the end of the talent show, not as tragic as I'd hoped, with an amazing opera performance by one of the riders! I just sort of vaguely remember walking back to my tent and crashing almost immediately!
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