Paris Dakar is about to start

The final easy rest day before the riding starts was really fun. I had breakfast of pastries and quiche with Beau, then packed up and took a taxi over to the Bike Dreams hotel. It’s probably my last car ride in quite a while and it was a Tesla Model Y, just like mine.

I assembled my bike outside with a bunch of riders, then eventually my room was ready and I could check in. It’s a luxury hotel, very fancy.

I did some packing then at 5 walked over to the briefing for the trip. It was a fun party with cold beer and snacks and we heard all about what we are up against.

Around 7, I walked over to a restaurant Liz had found called Paris Dakar – how fitting. We had giant beers from Cameroon and delicious fish. It was super fun reconnecting with old friends and meeting new riders.

We walked home and I helped Jan with his Garmin then Andrew and I went to sleep with the alarm set for 6. Big day tomorrow!!