We did a lot of driving the last couple days with an overnight stop in St George, Utah and now we’re at the race hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. I should say I did a lot of driving—Heather worked on her laptop and made phone calls most of the way down! The weather is great here; it was about 70°F when we arrived yesterday afternoon. We drove through a few snow squalls on the way down so our freshly cleaned bikes got pretty grimy from all the road splash.

We also went by Lake Mead and over Hoover dam. We both have never been here before, but the lake reminded us of Lake Powell. The dam is certainly impressive. They are building a bypass highway that will be high up on an elevated section. It looks like a huge project and it won’t be complete until 2008, but even in the construction phase, it’s already incredible. The pillars stand eminently over the curvy, switchbacks of the old road. The tops of the pillars where the highway will be looks like it will be twice as high as the dam is!

Anyway, we made it to Phoenix just in time for Heather to make a business appointment. So by the time we checked into the hotel, it was already late in the afternoon and I still had to clean bikes from the wet roads earlier. So after cleaning bikes, I didn’t get on the trainer until late. I did a quick 30-minute pre-race workout with some efforts and my legs felt OK. Today is the TT and we’re both starting in the early afternoon. Stay tuned!