"so many miles to go Tom"

So it has begun! We made it to San Fran and with terror in my heart we started. We made it to the beach around 10am and dipped our tires in the ocean and then made our way out of town. I could tell you all of the amazing stories that we have already experienced in the three days... like having the police arrive at the camp site tazers drawn... to the hundreds of serendipitious things that have happened, but I will only bore you with that if you if you want?

Ok I'll bore you.

We made it out of San Francisco and did about 40 some odd miles. There were plenty of hills climbing out of the bay area, but they were all ok. We made it to the outskirts of Cordillia and decided to camp. The best we could come up with was the on ramp to I-80... (it was a cozy field with pine trees etc... Thats when the police showed up... Well needless to say it is illegal to sleep along the highway...after asking the police a few times what that meant... they just said it was illegal. It was a nice camp site. We ate cheese and salsa burritos and slept like babies.

Yesterday we rode almost 60 miles to Davis. California is so beautiful. They have it right with the bike trails everywhere and it seems it is required to have a really tricked out bike if you want to live in the region. It was almost demoralizing to be passed by so many riders, but when the guy with the two giant bags of empty tin cans buzzed by... Well lets say I almost quit... for like a second. Then a coyote ran by and it was all good. Lets just say the stories are endless... so I will stop on this day.

Today we rode into Sacramento around 10 and we were met by Katie... she hooked us up with breakfast and then a place to sleep tonight. For those who don't know who Katie is... she has posed for me and then moved to california via a few places along the way... The trails today were even more amazing if that is possible. We saw coyote, quail, blue birds, woodpeckers, tons of squirrels. I could keep going, but I might be here typing when I should be sleeping.

I spent hours thinking about all sorts of clever things to say. Profound things to say, but what do you say or what to you leave out? Maybe I'm exhausted and should start over in the morning....?

OK that is the gist of it... I think what I am saying is so far the road has been kind to us. We are being spirited on by love and it feels pretty amazing. There are so many thanks to be handed out so far, but I know they know who they are... and if not... thank you and I love you too.

The next few days we will be climbing around 8000 vertical feet and then coasting back down. I am choosing to think about the coasting part...

Thank you all again.

Much love