While preparing to leave, everyone was doing their best 'rockies' to enjoy our last ride before meeting up with the Sierras. John mounted his BB gun to his bike and I helped Jack make aero bars out of moose jaw bones. I rode the first part with the Kates and Austin before switching for Jinyang. We enjoyed talking about cars and physics.

In anticipation of our reunion, we all put on war paint made from our zinc-oxide sunscreen. I put bones on my arms, legs, and chest and a skull on my face. As we approached our regroup, we met up with Charlie, a Sierra who was ecstatic to see us. He proved not to be the exception. All the Sierras came out to see us arrive and we immediately started to share stories and hugs. After 4 showers to get the badger off, we had a huge dance party. It was a wonderful reunion.