Day 1 of riding was an truly a great day. We were on the road at 6:45am to officially start our ride across country. We had a brief ride down to the La Jolla beach for a photo op with the team dipping our wheels in the ocean. A group of dolphins decided that they wanted to be in the 
background. From there, we all mushed onward from San Diego to Laguna Beach, about 65 miles according to our bike computers. I wound up riding with the overly ambitious front group of 4 other riders. I say overly ambitious because we completely missed the street chalk saying “R4WH rest stop, turn left” and kept on trucking through the Camp Pendelton marine bass. Thankfully with cell phones, 
it’s difficult to be lost even in the middle of nowhere. The pic is of our exasperated group, out of food and water, waiting for the cargo vehicle to refuel us.
The terrain was so peaceful all day, rolling up and down hills, in and out of small beach towns. When we got to Laguna Beach, the Rotary Club there had lunch waiting for us on the beach. We then packed up and drove to Pasadena (outside of L.A.) where the families of this real nice, quaint street called “Bungalo Village” met us with all-out neighborhood pitch-in. Each family then took in two riders and gave us a soft surface to sleep on after our long day.
I love it that you followed the wheel-dipping tradition! Also very jealous. Sounds like you are doing well so far...although your first post about the ride out was scary. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteHey, is that Shizwit in the black and green helmet in the picture of you by the ocean...LOLOL
ReplyDelete-Travis