D2M - day two

Waking up to a big breakfast in an alpine meadow at 11,000 ft does wonders for the psyche no matter how battered the body or depleted the physical reserves from the day before. The hyper hungry mosquitos and horse flies were an added incentive for getting in motion rather quickly. We rolled out under perfect weather conditions, and swore to eachother that the standard route was going to be our plan for the remainder - no more unridable single track. There were three big climbs over the course of the day, and two wicked fast descents tieing them together. My plan was to eat something every hour on the hour in order to keep the energy level up. This seemed to work as I crested the first climb a bit behind Chris, dropped everyone like a bad habit on the second climb, and after waiting for Thomas climbed the last one with him. Our cabin was at high elevation once again and had stunning views of the mountain passes we'd climbed over the day before, which was a cool bonus. Thomas discovered a patch of wild strawberries a few yards away that we all samples the next morning. I don't think I've ever tasted a more intense strawberry in my life.