Mountain to Coast

Did I just do these to myself again? I remember exactly 10 years ago, I signed ourselves up for the 9 days "Big Ride" in Australia, out of ego/ ignorant/ curiosity/ challenge/ restless (in this order). It turned out to be one of the toughest adventure because of the unexpected cold front. I was sleeping inside some big black plastic garbage bags with all the clothes I got. There was ice on top of the tent in the morning. So, as we got a little older, what motivate us to give up the warm bed again? After some deep thought, it's still the challenge/ curiosity/ ignorant/ ego (in that order) and we're just born restless. However, this time we will have 5 months to prepare for the 400 miles in North Carolina this fall.