Home. And in one piece!

I finally made it home at 6 am today. I feel like I have been gone a month.

Once I discovered this surprise blog and finished wiping the tears from my eyes I dreamed of posting daily updates with photos and video to keep you posted. Well that didn't quite work out. For starters in Colorado AT&T is about as useless as a retarded rock. So direct uploads from the iphone were not an option, besides that there was no time as I was busy every minute of every day trying to get the most out of my old motorcycle.

The XR makes a good urban hooligan machine but once I started pushing it hard against the modern bikes in a race environment its shortcomings began to glare. With only a few days to attempt to minimize the issues and a 2:30 wake up call every day. I was a little haggard at the beginning middle and end of each day. My stated goals from the beginning was simply to make it to the top and to not be last. I wasn't event sure if I would make the 15% cut off. I made it!

It was only with everyone's help and support that I did as well as I did. The reports from Jen that money was coming in helped lift some of the stress from the financial hole I was digging, allowing me to concentrate on being apart of this piece of history that is slipping away a little more every year. Next year wasn't going to cut it. They are going to try and pave another 12,000 ft by race time next summer. By 2011 it may all be paved bringing an end to an era.

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for helping me make this dream come true.

You can find photos and more detailed accounts of my adventures at my photobucket site. These are from my iphone as more photos and video come in I will update the album.

http://photobucket.com/pikespeak2009

Here is the link to Jason's photobucket.

http://s683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/aaa-111/Pikes%20Peak%202009/

Thanks again,
Brianne Corn

Raffle Prizes

Here are the prizes:

• A painting by one of our favorite artists, Stephanie Nance! Retail is $190. approx. 12" square. acrylic on wood panel, on a 3" deep cradle.



•4 paintball games courtesy of Hill 13 Paintball. Each game gets you gun rental, mask rental, 500 paintballs and 4 hrs field access. This retails at $160. You can keep this to your self or invite 3 friends out to play. Makes for a fun time!



• One belt buckle of your choice from Lucy Blue Studio. Please click on the shop button on the website to see the available designs. Here is one lovely sample of what you could win. Great for a man or a woman.



• One Backpacker level membership with The WonderCraft that retails for $125 with an actual value of $250. Benefits include:
-Standard welcome package
-Invitations to members-only parties and events
-$50 WonderCraft class pass good toward the fees of any WonderCraft class (supplies not included, good for one year).
-Awesome "I Drive The WonderCraft" bumper sticker
-Quarterly e-newsletter with advance notice of classes, events and programs along with special members-only offers.



•One unique, handmade, brass Texas necklace from Broken Ear Productions
Show your love for Texas with this unique necklace. Each pendant is sawed by hand making it completely unique! Great for men or women.
Pendant measures approximately 1.5 inches
Chain measures approximately 28 inches

What we are doing...

This blog is set up for all of Brianne's friends, family, fans and well-wishers to show their support for her first official run up Pike's Peak in mid-July. Apparently, there was an unofficial run a few years back but we'll leave that for her to tell.

Brianne has always been a wonderful friend and has done a lot of favors for many of us over the years. This is a way for us to say "thank you" and also "you better kick ass up that mountain." She has already paid some of her expenses out of pocket and blown up some credit cards. As of right now, Brianne doesn't know about this and we are hoping to surprise her with it before she leaves around the 15th. This is very last minute but we hope that also adds to the urgency. Plus, those of us that know and love Brianne feel this a great way to handle it since she is the queen of doing things just in time :)

There is a Paypal donate button to the right of the blog. Feel free to click on it and donate any amount you can afford, even if it is only $5. But, for anyone fabulous enough to donate $20 or more we will have raffle items to give away. Each increment of $20 you donate will buy you a raffle ticket, giving you numerous chances to win the prizes. The raffle will be held on the 22nd of July after we all return from Colorado. You should be able to enter contact info on the Paypal site. I (Jenifer) will be handling the raffle. Kevin and Wes will not get a say so you know it will be fair. (Just kidding, guys! You know I love you...)

To start off with, I will be donating one of my unique belt buckles from my own business, Lucy Blue Studio, as a prize as well as a $125 membership to my new craft class business, The WonderCraft, that is launching in August. I'll do another post with all the information for the prizes and give more detail as more raffle items roll in. Feel free to contact me at jen@lucybluestudio.com if you'd like to donate something to the raffle. Just remember, we are working on a tight schedule so the sooner I hear from you the sooner we can post it and use it as an incentive for more donations!