Bend Oregon

Bend Oregon will be my home for the next 12 days.  With the first day of the Cascade classic starting tomorrow.  Then I have a 3 day break before the elite national road race; 190km of circuits in Bend against the best amateurs in the U.S. 

I'm staying with host housing with an awesome couple who live right in Bend, and Colt has joined me here too.  My mom is also here for the first 2 stages of the CC so we went for a scenic drive around town and into the mountains today.  We saw a pretty sweet waterfall at the end of the road the time trial will be held at in 4 days and had an awesome lunch with sandwiches from a local cafe. 

It will be fun reconnecting with some of the guys from the cycling center from last summer since there are 5 of us including Colt and I out here, ironically all on separate teams.

Tomorrow's stage starts out with a flat from Redmond to Bend, with one categorized climb for some KOM points.  I will be focusing on conserving energy and staying near the front out of trouble.