A New Crew

Ali, Mark, Matt, Lynn, and her daughter Jenny arrived in Athens just a couple of days after my return. We all became fast friends a couple of years ago while training for the AIDS ride that rides annually from San Francisco to Los Angeles. I have done the ride for the past 3 years, but was unable to this year since I was in Europe. I missed doing the ride. Seeing California one mile at a time up close in a way that can never be experienced in a car. They raised 11 million, had 2300 riders and about 500 support staff. I met Jenny for the first time. Jenny is Lynn’s 17-year-old daughter that is spending this time with her mother before heading off to college in the fall. They all spent a couple of days in Athens checking out the sounds and sites before catching up with me at the marina. I met up with them in the evening, and we went to check out some of the gay clubs. Not knowing exactly where we wanted to go, we went online and found a couple that sounded like fun. As it turns out, there is a whole mini Castro in Athens with a bunch of clubs all close together. We checked them out and ended up deciding on one that had a nice outdoor section and a dance floor on the inside. Mostly we just hung out and watch all the cute Greek boys. There was very little difference in the crowd to what you find at Badlands on any given weekend. Lots of cute boys with way too much thick black hair. You gotta love that. The next day we set off on our first leg of our great adventure. We are already a day behind schedule.