Lance Armstrong comes to Pasadena

Patrick informed us in January that Lance Armstrong and his team were ending a ride in Pasadena. We decided we shouldn’t miss out on something like that and had Patrick find out all the details (since he keeps up with this kinda stuff). Mark Hall happened to be in town that weekend, so he got to go with us as well. So, we drove to the Rose bowl (where the ride was ending) and it was crazy. We had no idea that there were going to be so many people. We thankfully found a spot to park, but called Mark (who was coming a little later) and told him it would probably be easier for him to ride Harrison’s (or Jeff’s…if he is reading this) bike. So Mark rode the bike from our apartment, which isn’t very far (I mention this because we have a great picture of Mark coming down the hill). Anyway, the excitement of this race is more than I can describe to you. I didn’t think it would be this cool to watch a bike race, but they are flying by you and they have cars and motorcycles that are following them. It was really crazy! They came by us 5 times, so we got the chance to try and locate Lance 5 times. Finally on the 5th round someone told us that he was the one wearing the yellow helmet. So, on the last lap, we finally saw him. They are going by you so fast that it is hard to see anyone. Patrick almost got hit by a motorcycle from leaning into the rode a little to get a good picture. It was a blast though and I am glad that we went!

That's Lance Armstrong in the yellow helmet

Here they come

Patrick and Lindsey

Mark riding in to meet us