1,781 Days

There's something really cool, outstandingly awesome, about riding two 25th anniversary bike tours in my 50th year.

There's something totally indescribable about Riding the Rockies with the one I love and sharing my passion for riding with someone who loves the event as much as me. Someone who gets up at 2 a.m. every first Sunday in February to check the newly released Ride the Rockies route. Someone who walks on air with me for the next 28 or 29 days each year while we wait to find out if we've been drawn. Someone willing to commit to the training required to prepare for a week-long bike ride, giving up other interests for four months to pursue a common goal. Someone willing to do all the trip driving so I can knit or crochet in the car. Someone who zooms to the top of a peak or mountain pass, then returns to my side to tackle the climb again with me at my snail's pace.

There's something phenomenally special about getting drawn for Ride the Rockies for the first time as a married couple. Something in addition to being able to sleep in the same tent without the premarital "hands-off" policy we endured during our first Ride the Rockies together.

That was five years ago. I've always made jokes about the reason The Lizard proposed to me on July 3, 2005. I've always teased that the only reason he asked me to marry him was because he was forced to share a tent but not a sleeping bag with me during the 2005 Ride the Rockies. He wanted to get married on the 5th, two days later! We had to wait for my bishop to get back in town from his vacation.

Five years ago today, I finally got to say, "I do." And I still do.

Thank you, Lizard, for five wonderfully magnificent years. May the future hold many more Ride the Rockies tours, wildflower tours, autumn leaf tours and cross-country skiing tours. Let's keep building these magical memories!

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