The RAC | A Typical Day

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by
Christiane Staninger

  • We wake up at 6a.m.

  • We get ourselves ready.

    • We check our bikes for flats.

    • Please keep the restrooms clean.

      • Volunteers have to clean up if you don’t.

      • We might not get invited back if we leave a mess.

  • We take down our tents, pack up our stuff, and take it to the truck.

  • We fill up our water bottle at the water source (hose)

  • We fill up our Gatorade bottle at the luggage truck.

  • Chase and Youth Support meet with Sabine at 7:30 a.m. at the truck.

  • We have breakfast.

  • We leave camp at 8 a.m.

  • We typically have a snack stop, a lunch stop, and - on long days- another snack

    stop.

  • Sometimes we regroup, and sometimes we don’t.

  • Chase cars stop along the route every few miles or so; they carry water,

    Gatorade, basic first aid supplies, and a bike pump.

  • After we reach camp, we retrieve our luggage from the truck and set up your

    tent.

  • If our bike has issues, we alert Bob right away (and not at 7:55 am the next

    morning).

  • We

    • help other people set up their tents

    • help unload the Penske

    • or cheer on those riders who are coming in after us. It’s great fun.

  • Dinner is around 6 pm unless otherwise posted. We receive wristbands.

  • We go to the meeting at 8pm.

  • We stay for Dennis’ “Ghost Stories by the Campfire.”

  • We go to bed because we are tired.