Many people were kind to Team Luba during our trip to the Vermont 100.
Here are just some of the kindnesses we were shown:
Bob of Bob Peter's Garage helped us rewire the camper plug when we showed up unannounced at the shop at 7am the morning of our departure.
Krista and Guy and the Boys welcomed us at their farm with a lovely round pen for Luba to relax and stretch out before heading to ride camp on Friday. They hosted a BBQ so we also got to meet other runners and riders. Krista even drew us a map so we could ride over avoiding the race traffic.
The volunteer in charge of parking at ride camp gave us a spot in the "big rig" area, so we wouldn't roll out of our beds with the truck camper parked on the side of Silver Hill. We were right beside the pond, which made it easy to fill water tanks and Veronica and I even enjoyed a pre-ride swim!
The truck overheated when we took the trailer over to ride camp. Krista and Guy loaned us their car so we could go to town to buy anti-freeze. Then Vernon and Jeff helped us to get the truck fluid levels back on track!
Deanna's dad gave us a Vermont road map to help keep the crew oriented on their own 100 mile crewing odyssey. This ride is one big loop. We only return to ride camp for the finish!
Ruth, the horse ambulance driver, brought her rig to ride camp so we could sleep in the goose neck after the truck, complete with camper, failed the vet check at Hold #5 at O&H Farm. Somebody also gave Veronica a ride to the finish line so that she would be there to meet me and Luba.
Liz and Bernadette, Rachel's crew, "adopted" me and Luba during the last loop of the ride. They met us with big smiles, drinks and snacks at the last fly by at Polly's, giving us the boost we needed to make our final push to the finish line!
The morning after, Kathy offered to use her truck to take Luba in my trailer back to Krista's. She did not have the right sized hitch. So when we went to pick up the hitch from my truck stranded at Hold #5, Kathy FIXED MY TRUCK. She has the same truck and knew how to get it back into 2 wheel drive, saving me a call to US Rider.
Richard from Meunier's Garage took time out of his already full day to check the engine pressure and one of the tires that was making a weird sound so Team Luba could head home feeling safe.
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