Besides Team Rubber Chicken, both my brother and I had other friends and acquaintances amongst the 2200 other riders. This is a photo of a part of Team Martini, "a drinking team with a cycling problem," which pictures a couple guys who before the ride were friends of my brother and his wife. After promising us a martini early on, Kim, pictured on the right, spent a good part of the rest of the week trying to make it happen. Finally, on the last night, he showed up at our tents, shaker and glasses in hand, and boda bag full of vodka slung over his shoulder. He quite obviously has had a lot of practice mixing martinis. Great fun!