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Riding on Monday in Folsom, I found that it was Butterfly Day.  There were monarchs everywhere and it was a sight to see.

Yesterday in Placerville it was RoadKill Day.  Imagine my excitement.  With the smell of skunk wafting in the air, I pushed to move a little more quickly than usual down Missouri Flat.  On the way, I passed two grey squirrels lying on their little furry backs, holding up their paws to the sky.  Also, a squashed bird and the first snake of the new year.  And two pennies!

On the way back, I saw a little tiny white cane with a red tip lying in the dirt.  It was like those little canes the Lyons give out when they're collecting donations at Christmas.  But this one was lying in the dirt about 3 feet from a poor little squirrel.  He was face down, so I couldn't tell if he had dark glasses, but I thought that this road was obviously not safe for snakes and birds, let alone able-bodied squirrels.  What the heck was a blind squirrel doing trying to cross here?  There's no way a car would be able to see that little 3-inch white cane, that's for sure.  Something ought to be done.

Then some redneck hick in a brand new Mustang honked at me for being on a bike on the side of their road.  You wouldn't expect a redneck hick to be driving a brand new Mustang, but there you are.

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Drivers are getting lined up for the big adventure!  We are excited that Hayden has his plane ticket for returning from Phoenix to Sac on April 25th, and Lanny will be arriving in Phoenix to take over the RV from Hayden that day.  Alana and Jim Moylan have their tickets to arrive in Oklahoma City and drive to Springfield, Missouri.  It seems that Danielle Badger and Marissa Berry will be taking the first two weeks of June, so that leaves us with one gap to get covered-  May 12th to May 24th...(HOPEFUL)


We had a beautiful ride in Folsom at the Willow Creek/Mormon Island Wetlands trail on Friday.  Their was lots of wildlife on display- cottontails, red-wing blackbirds, Canada geese, and toddlers with training wheels.
  Peter, unabridged.

Peter has been double-checking our overnight locations with google earth to make sure that it's not too ghetto-scary.  We will be camping out in quite a few WalMart parking lots along the way, including the WalMart headquarters, Store #1 in Kentucky on Sam Walton Blvd.  (EXCITING)


Yesterday I found 9 pennies and 4 nickels while I was riding, so we're almost rich.  My seat cover had gotten some snow on it from the night before and my butt was soaked after the first 5 miles.  (UNCOMFORTABLE)


Camelot's opening weekend was successful, and more importantly, OVER.  We finish auditions for the Christmas show, Little Princess, tonight.  Once the show is cast, we will not be focusing on the theater until we return from the trip.  Also, Suzanne is home for spring break from Davis.  She made chocolate chip cookies.  (YUMMY)