 Turn around, I want to see your face, not your butt. I slept like a rock last night. I slept outside on the ground here so I could give Dana the whole tent. It's technically a two-person tent, but it would have been a little tight. And I've been eating a lot of beans lately, if you know what I mean. It's cold at almost 10,000 feet. Yeah, it is. But time to get this party started. One more, one more scoop. Thank you. Fresh oatmeal, look at that. Eric, what are you guys doing? You've been traveling, you're in this cool airstream? Yeah, we basically travel half of the year. So we have an airstream, we're basing Tucson and then six months on the road exploring and then six months in Tucson. That's awesome. And you love bikes and all the adventure stuff? Yeah, man, I've been following you for a while. Super-inspired. Actually, I knew that you were doing this. I reached out and we were not able to connect, but this happened, everything happened for a reason. This is awesome. Yeah, so I love to run, bike, hike, and now I got hooked with the 14er. So that's awesome. Oh yeah, gotta do some 14ers when you're in Colorado. Right on, right on. When we showed up yesterday, it was so amazing. I was like, what? You know me? We're in the middle of nowhere. That was awesome. You gotta come to Boulder sometime. I will, for sure. Yeah, man, we even have a dinner table turned into a breakfast table that honey I bought my first day in Montana. Well, you're gonna need a new one. Beautiful sunrise. Oh, man. So what is this bike? We're a, this is body rider. Body rider. I got this bad boy at a yard sale in Floreson, Floreson, Colorado. I've made some modifications. These handles aren't stock, as you see. Yo, I love it, though. Keep those legs moving, man. You're smiling big. That's all that matters. This is Sage from here at the camp, from our land. And this is, it was picked a year ago. So yeah, we wanna share some with you guys. Awesome. What do you do at the Sage other than decorations? You burn it. It cleanses the air. It gets rid of bacteria in the air. So it's really good for this time of year with the coronavirus. I am so grateful that we rolled up and found you guys. I mean, this is so special. Absolutely, man. If you guys are ever here, please feel free to just come on by, we'll make room for you. There will be room for you. There's plenty of room here. Look, look at all the room Demo has doing his morning yoga. Grafe would have such beautiful friends that I get to just get beautiful smiles. Look at this guy right here. Look at your smile. This camp has been really great for my self-esteem. And you guys are open to other people coming and camping here, right? Absolutely. We're camping to go at Compound Brown and we're here in Hartzell, Colorado. Yeah, I was like, you can find us on a website called Hip Camp and you know, come on through. And you won't believe it, but they do have internet even. So you can have internet in the middle of nowhere. Ladies and gentlemen, Dana, you look like you're ready to go. I've been ready, Ryan. I'm ready. You don't want to leave the magical place. No, I don't want to leave. I'm surprised why you want to get out of here so fast. You know, I'm just excited. It's like Christmas. It's another day, right? Never seen this one. That's right. We got to go check it out. I know. How are you two doing? Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. We're doing good. We're doing good. You guys get the cuddle every night in your little airstream. We do, yeah. We do. It's just a honeymoon every day. Well. Well. Depends. And you're coming to Boulder now, right? Of course we are. We're going to come to Boulder. We're going to come and see you guys. Yes. We are forever friends. Yes, I love it. Para siempre. Para siempre. Woo, ole, ole, ole, ole. Yeah. I mean, you guys. That was magic. Amazing. So good. We get teary eyed easy, so. So do I. Oh. It's been so wonderful to see you. It's been so amazing. Oh, Ryan, this has been amazing. My man, mi hermano. Oh, Ryan, look at this. I know. Look at that. They make up these special little sages. Wow. I love sage. Yeah, Ryan's always. Oh, this is so wonderful. And seriously, like when you get back home, you know, go inside your thing and then light it in your doorway, walk around each room and really set your intentions and set the energy you want in your home. Yeah. Live happy, live hippy, man. Yeah. Happy, live hippy. Other man, oh, thank you. Yeah, my fellow Peace Corps volunteer. I love you too, man, yeah. Bye, guys. I'm going to test you. I'm going to test you really quick, see if you know this. No crashies. No flatties. No whammies. Woo. Yeah. Thank you. See you guys later. Thank you camp Indigo. Oh, wait, we're missing Frisbee? We got to stay, Dana. They're playing Frisbee. So much love for you. Oh, Dana, can you believe what just happened? Like we just like pulled into like unicorn ranch or something. It was crazy. Yeah. Oh, our hearts and souls have been enhanced there. Hey, Dana, I forgot to wish you a happy Thursday. Happy Thursday. Happy, happy Thursday. Happy Thursday. Happy, happy. Hey, wow, the views are incredible. And the clouds are really puffy. And the sky is really blue. It's a good day. We've got some buffalo humor from Dana. Let's hear it. Here's the real lead up to that shot. What did the dad buffalo say when his son was leaving for college? Bye, son. And speaking of bye, son, check this out. There are bye, son right off the road here. Pretty awesome. I've never seen a white buffalo before. But check that one out. That's amazing. This guy's taking a little buffalo bath. Yeah, get it. I love seeing bison in real life. And they are the mascot of the CU Buffaloes where I went to college. And I got to go now. Dana has taken off. She's nowhere in sight. She doesn't like when I stop and film. I don't blame her. It takes a lot of time. So Dana, we've had a headwind most of the day. How do you get yourself mentally through times when they're hard? Wow, you know, here's the thing. I just said a mile back. Today would have been too easy if we didn't have a headwind. Anyway, sometimes you've just got to put your head down. And just like, I got this. Just boom, boom, boom, boom. And it hasn't been as hard today. But sometimes you've got to do the gratitude march. Just look around. And what are you thankful for? And who are you thankful for? And look where we are. So, yeah, it's hard. But we don't have anything to do but just be right here. Ride our bikes. Let's do more of that. Yeah, a headwind is one of those things that most cyclists really hate. It just takes the fun out of riding your bike sometimes. And it's really loud and disorienting in your ears. But when you stop sometimes, it's just, it quites down. And you look around, and you're like, wow. Look where we are. This is pretty darn amazing. And you can find beauty in little things. Like today, I've really been excited about the clouds, the happy little clouds. Bob Ross would have loved these clouds. You know what I'm saying? And when you're pedaling, even when you're going slow, you're moving forward, you're making progress, you're getting there. It's not like you're going backwards. So that's what we're going to do. I've been thinking a lot about where we stayed last night, camp in to go with Wesley and Chelsea. And I find it fascinating and inspiring because they are living their dream and they're loving it. But their dream is so different from what most Americans would ever want. I mean, they live in the middle of nowhere in an old RV. And that's just not your typical American dream. And I love what they're creating. They want to create a community out there, invite people to camp and have seminars and they're living close to the land. And I love it. It's so fun that we found them in the way that we did. And I wish them all the best. Those two are pretty much as close as you can get to a modern hippie, I guess you'd call them. You don't have any more gears? No more. No more? All right, Dana, we have one big ass hill left. You ready? Ready. Ready. Put it in that easy gear. Put your head down, think happy thoughts. There's no headwind. There's no headwind, that's good. Yeah, that's true. Riding uphill into a headwind is totally, that is a whammy right there. Yeah. Going downhill into a headwind is a whammy too after you work so hard to get up a hill. Then you have a headwind going down. That's a bit of a whammy. Yeah, Dana. Yeah. Good job. There's the elevation profile, up, up, up. There goes Dana. Up, up, up. All right, Xanth, I'm talking to you. I am keeping Dana well hydrated. There you go. Sure is. Why do you have to be more hydrated than most humans? I got one little kidney. And although it is a mighty, mighty kidney, but the biggest thing about dehydration is you can get kidney stones and those could be super bad when you just have one. So that's your job. Yeah, I take my job seriously. I give Dana water and we go up hills together. I know it's hard for you to see on camera how steep this is, but it is a 12% grade, which is pretty darn steep. There you go. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. There she goes. I don't think I've ever carried that much weight uphill like you know. Yeah. Packed out, yeah. You got a lot of stuff. I know, I called Ryan. I was like, come carry my books. I'll carry your books. Okay, around this hairpin. Think about milkshakes. Think about ice cream and salata. I think we underestimated this day. I didn't know there's gonna be something giant right before salata. This is definitely one of the steeper hills I've ridden on the entire route. And Dana's lucky enough to be here with me. You did it. High five. Oh, that was a tough one. How does that compare to what you've been doing lately in Boulder training for this? No, especially not without this weight. Well, how does it compare? Well, that was definitely harder. Especially after like 40 miles headwind. You're just like, oh, we're almost there. We earned it. We earned that one. That last little kicker was 13%. Why not? Yeah, that kicked my ass. But it was good. Days like this make food taste a lot better though. You know what I'm saying? Food tastes better, water tastes better. Everything is better after, after hurting for a little bit. Time to go down. We earned it. Whoa, look at those big mountains. Come along now, the skies and the snow. We just came around the corner to this. Whoa. I feel like flying, I feel infinite. I know that we're the same. We have made it to Salata and it's about a thousand degrees hotter down here. I haven't felt heat like this in a long time. Never on this ride in our first order of business, ice cream. Triple. Whoa, look at all that ice cream. We did it, man. Good job. Oh, it was so good. It was hard. What a day, huh? Yeah, it was a hard day. Yeah, up and down and wind. Lots of wind and, but we made it happen. And here we are. It was so beautiful. Such a beautiful day. The whole route has been beautiful every single day. There's never been a day that's like, it's like the whole route. So gorgeous. We live in an amazing country. Thanks, Ryan. Yeah, you're welcome. Taking me along. Thanks for coming along. So good. I can't do an adventure without you. There you go. No way, Jose. Good. But speaking of without you, you're leaving. I am. Where are you going? Dana is her sister's picking her up and Dana's gotta get back and work for cafes need Dana. And I'm gonna have a sister adventure for a couple of days. I love it. I love it. Well, I really appreciate you coming, hanging out and getting we experienced magic. And we always do. Oh, so good. Yeah, the world is better with you around. And I appreciate that. It is, it is. And it's sweeter. Yeah. The world is sweeter.