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Day 80: blue lakes, orange berries and the skies above us
For the first time in a while the morning had started before I had even woken up. Charles had taken the car for an oil change and let me and Joesph sleep longer. I got up and packed up. Charles’ mom had prepared an absolutely delicious warm breakfast, so we would be fueled up before
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Day 78: is it all over?
I awoke next to Tian for the last time in what will probably be a very long time. Ishaq was sleeping on the floor. I had set an alarm for 6:25am to wake everyone up at 6:30am and hurry them out of the house by 7am. It was 6:15am. As of early yesterday, there were
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Day 77: Spokes 2025 final season series FINALE, the real, true end
Final day in San Francisco Today was the first of many goodbyes. Most people were going to leave on the 21st, however Greta was leaving on the 20th. She wanted to see her sister before she moved into UVA and leaving on the 21st would have been too late. So, instead she had a 6am
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day 74: choose your own adventure 🗺️
Sacramento, CA to Benicia, CA — 74.9 mi, 1764 ft well, this one is LONGGG overdue…whoops 😀 (please forgive me, mom, grandma, etc.) anyways, without any further delay, i will recount our 2nd to last biking day before reaching our long-anticipated destination of san francisco. buckle up, because while i ALWAYS say this is going
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Day 73: Side Questing to the Extreme
Placerville, CA to Sacramento, CA 54.2mi, 1508 ft The Spokies awoke one by one in what started off as a slow, bum morning in a church in Placerville, unaware of what the day ahead had in store. Previously someone had made plans to do a scavanger hunt one of these days and Ruth had now
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Day 71: Resting is for Winners
Around 2am, I arose, frozen by the South Lake Tahoe nights. It wasn’t until morning that I discovered the cause of my sleepless night. The window was open, letting in blasts of cold air. I will not make the same mistake again tonight. Ramona, Greta, and I were up before 9am, but the rest of
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Day 70: hey what’s up hello
Fallon, NV to South Lake Tahoe, CA — 96.8 mi, 5,442 ft As today’s driver, I’m tasked with waking everyone up. Per Ishaq’s request, I blast Fetty Wap at 7:10am. It was surprisingly efficient: he basically leaps out of bed. Ramona is already up per usual, as is Sarah. Joseph and Tian sleepily arise, while
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day 66: home means the hills ⛰️
Ely, NV to Eureka, NV — 69.8 mi, 3252 ft giving you my WARMEST of welcomes (truly, it’s pretty toasty out here…) from the silver, battle born, and (tragically) most mountainous state in the union, the one i happen to call home—nevada! your friendly neighborhood nevadan sarah is here to give you the details on
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Day 65: the late night zoomies club
Ely, NV -> Ely, NV, 0 mi, 0 ft 0 miles today, so teaching! Somehow, even though this is the second to last learning festival we are doing, the thought of kids and lessons made me nervous. We woke up and left the high school for the library, only 15 or so minutes later than
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