I am going to take this a little at a time as I have a ton of pictures and info to relay, but my back is hurting me and I want to take breaks away from the chair…

The day started with me geared up for the convention center… note that smooth media pass!

We then headed to the convention center where the bulk of the days activities took place. We had to park at the very top of the parking garage (and it was a big one) because there were so many people.

Once inside, we checked out the TONS of booths and information…

It was a freakin’ madhouse as there were thousands of people there and acres of trade show. I was ready for a rest after we finished the packet pickup. We missed Bobke (Bob Roll,) but did get to see Chris Carmichael (Lance’s trainer and namesake for CTS – Carmichael Training Systems.)

After our first go-round at the convention center, we went for a bike ride. Here is Tony on top of the garage before we took off…

Here I am on a small bridge crossing the river a couple miles down the hike/bike trail …

We picked up a geocache while we were riding… there are TONs hidden around this area, but we really didn’t have time to do much hunting. We discovered another cool park area – Barton Springs while finding the cache. After the find, we grabbed a USANA bar for lunch and headed back to the convention center.

PART II

Okay… back at the convention center one of the highlights was signing a banner that was being presented to Lance Armstrong. As you can see in the upper left corner, I signed it in memory of Pops (my dad) and Sam. I also wore a memorium sign during the ride listing the same thing.

As the day turned toward evening, Tony and I went to check out the state capital building… here we are screwing around…

The building itself is amazing. Completed December 8, 1888, it stands taller than the US capital building by seven feet (this was by design.) I have some great shots of the building, I will only put a couple here for space reasons.

That pretty much ended day two.