...The Trials and Tribulations(but mostly Joys!)
of Team Oz Day 1, Monday
From St. Paul to Wabasha(93.3 miles)
We have finally heard from Team Oz. It appears that they had trouble getting a phone line out Monday night. This page contains pictures from Monday's ride and encampment. The text from Monday is combined with Tuesday(Day 2). It appears that communicating with us is more than we bargained for. I have included Edie's note to me below as it describes a bit of her struggle.
-Editor
We are in Sparta tonight(Tuesday), and I was allowed to use the AIDS Ride mobile communications web
connection here, thank God it worked! As for text to go with pictures
for the web daily updates, they will be brief. I finished riding tonight(Tuesday) at
7:40! Then I have to unload gear, eat and shower. I worked from after 9pm
to after 11pm last night trying to get through. The communications folks with the AIDS Ride
also had problems with the internet connection from there(Wabasha). Sorry about that.
Hopefully Wisconsin phone lines will be kinder! So here goes on updates for the first
two days. I've downloaded pictures from Monday, not Tuesday yet, I won't
either, as it is important I get enough sleep. We get up between 4 and 5 am! 
