Stage 3 – “the white pit” – Jan 4, 2010

Today I woke up to pouring rain and considering how Cooper and I have been handling the heat … I was pleased … Yesterday, Rick road in this rain and he said it was pretty messy!  He is still having problems with his battery and puts a lot of energy into jump starting his bike.  He was pretty worn out last night.  He also had a couple of falls and has a sore left knee … same leg as the broken leg.  It’s to be expected that it will be a little weaker than his other leg.  He also had his GPS go down (which he has to have in case of emergency) so he spent time last night getting it fixed.  Poor guy, he really was tired when I talked to him.

Today is a big day!  Not so much for the distance, the total is just around 400km with the day ending exactly at the end of the special but it’s the first day in the dunes with a section around 30km.  I guess that is why they call today the white pit!  But they are keeping the day ¨short¨and tomorrow they cross the border to Chile as high as around 4,000m …. brrrrrr!

There are more pictures on http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonnieandrick

As for tracking …  http://tracking.dakar.com/ASO/index_us.html … he has yet to start the special when I am writing this today.

Thanks again for all the comments and emails, I shared them all last night with Rick and they really make him feel good!  OLN should have started airing their program yesterday so be sure to check it out.  Last year it was half an hour per day so they mostly just highlight the pros but you never know!

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