All Through The Night
Nighttime bicycling looks to me like one of the most difficult and frightening things that a rider has to endure, especially when they're going through a desert environment. Last year I remember bats swooping down around Lou in the glare of the car headlights. This year Lou pointed out a large snake to us as we looked on in horror from behind the safety of the follow-vehicle windshield glass. Lou had no such protection between him and the snake.
His energy level was much higher pedaling through the shifting sands than it was last year at the same time. It was truly inspiring to see the level of energy he was still exuding some 15 hours into the race.
To counter Lou's LIKE A VIRGIN lyric quote, I'm posting the lyrics from a ditty by the undervalued Cyndi Lauper (who I always found more interesting and playful than Madonna anyway) that could be applied to Lou's nocturnal journey.
All through the night
I'll be awake and I'll be with you
All through the night
This precious time when time is new
Oh, all through the night today
Knowing that we feel the same without saying
We have no past we wont reach back
Keep with me forward all through the night
And once we start the meter clicks
And it goes running all through the night
Until it ends there is no end
All through the night
Stray cat is crying so stray cat sings back
All through the night
They have forgotten what by day they lack
Oh under those white street lamps
There is a little chance they may see
We have no past we wont reach back
Keep with me forward all through the night
And once we start the meter clicks
And it goes running all through the night
Until it ends there is no end
Oh the sleep in your eyes is enough
Let me be there let me stay there awhile
We have no past we wont reach back
Keep with me forward all through the night
And once we start the meter clicks
And it goes running all through the night
Until it ends there is no end
Keep with me forward all through the night
And once we start the meter clicks
And it goes running all through the night
Until it ends there is no end
Take away all the mushy stuff and it kinda' works. Hey, she even mentions meters in the song!
It's daylight now and we're in Arizona now and moving forward, ever forward.
Scooter McCrae, reporting.
