Past the Crash...

I made it!

Day 5!

Write, when I'm on the bike, this week seems to drag. I quickly realize how fast this is all going by when I write about our fifth day in the ride.

Things are going really well. Yesterday was my least favorite of the trip, being almost 100 miles of not that great scenery after the first 20. We pushed through, and made it to a great day 5. We traveled from santa maria to lompoc via vandenburg AFB. It's our most hilly day overall, but also shortest. Through vineyards, farm fields, and some nasty uphills.

And here we go, wearing some red too...

Days 2 & 3

Hello everyone!

I checked the posts yesterday, and sorry for some confusion. There seems to be posts loaded out of order, so here's the run down...

Day 2 was supposed to be our longest day, riding 109 miles. After rest stop one, it began misting, then raining.

Then really raining.

We got into rest stop 2, about 40 miles into the day, we were soaked after riding in the rain for close to 4 hours.

They closed the route and we were herded into a local church to wait for buses for transport. Pizza and coffee were donated by the local community, and the church administrator just smiled and said, "well, it's what Jesus would have done." Another example of the community we create.

Today was Day 3 and the infamous Quadbuster - our steepest hill and abou 1.5 miles at it's steepest point. Then bradley for lunch and now camp to dry our wet clothes.

Thank you all again for the love and support!

Days 2 & 3

Hello everyone!

I checked the posts yesterday, and sorry for some confusion. There seems to be posts loaded out of order, so here's the run down...

Day 2 was supposed to be our longest day, riding 109 miles. After rest stop one, it began misting, then raining.

Then really raining.

We got into rest stop 2, about 40 miles into the day, we were soaked after riding in the rain for close to 4 hours.

They closed the route and we were herded into a local church to wait for buses for transport. Pizza and coffee were donated by the local community, and the church administrator just smiled and said, "well, it's what Jesus would have done." Another example of the community we create.

Today was Day 3 and the infamous Quadbuster - our steepest hill and abou 1.5 miles at it's steepest point. Then bradley for lunch and now camp to dry our wet clothes.

Thank you all again for the love and support!

Day 2 Dry Out...

Leaving santa cruz..

Yeah, it could be worse, lol!