Saturday, June 30, 2012

The Packages have Arrived:

Well here it is the weekend of the start of our Journey, ready or not here we come!! I am so excited to begin, I think we both are, we sent our bicycles via Fedex.  It was a little bit more than I thought it would be but the bicycles arrived unscathed and are now ready to roll out on the road.  I am very tired today after working a double shift but glad that there is a big rainbow now at the end of the tunnel.  It is called rest and pedal power.  Isa picked me up as planned at the Airport then we took off for our favorite Indian Restaurant(all you can eat)!!  We went to check on the bikes and they were ready to go, except a little glitch once again with my fenders.  Maybe I should have not worried about water splashing me but I didn't want to get muddy and wet while traveling in the rain, it will be inevitable.    So we switched the fenders on my bike and to the pleasant surprise of Isa we had the best service at Bicycle West in Burien, WA.    She may start biking herself.  Tonight we are going out for Burgers at a place that was recommended by "Food Network" of course, this will be one of my missions along the way as we travel.  Best places to Eat!!  Brandon will join us on Sunday, haha he is still working and rather than wait for him I decided to go visit my Isa and Christina for the great service at our time share in Burien and Shopping.  Tomorrow will be lunch with Christina and picking up bikes before we leave, checking the Ferry Schedule for departure Monday morning.  Then picking up Brandon at the Airport.  I was welcomed with drizzling rain and clouds after leaving Utah.  I hope Kyoto decides to eat his food at the Ritz Carlton Dog Kennel and the bird is good with the neighbor Julia.
Looking forward to getting a Tan and seeing the Pacific Coast.!!

Saturday, June 16, 2012

70 Miles

Okay so it may not seem like much to those avid cyclist who tour alot, but for the newbies it is an acomplishment.  Especially those who are the Golden Arches fan (aka McDonalds) this not being me of course.  It is just for the best fries in the world haha.  Anyway we made our first 70 miles this past week, in preparation for the ride.  No we did not carry our gear, at this point my thinking is go for speed and indurance.  So the total trip took us 5 hours this included a lunch break.  Which we learned you cannot take your empty water bottle and just think you can get it refilled, there are rules.  We each got one filled anyway.  The next day we werent as sore as we thought we might be.  Good thing we are taking our vitamins.!  We purchased our tickets for the trip back from San Diego, first to stop in Tiajuana.   Brandon has schedules for Baseball games.  I think that will be a given if we need to go further in miles to make a game.  Just finishing the final preparations for leaving house, Kyoto and Yoko.  I know the bird will be well cared for but Kyoto refuses to eat sometimes when we are gone.  Hopefully his stay at the Ritz Carlton Dog Kennel will make him eat more.!  We got our boxes to ship our bikes and have one more week to ride before we send them out next Saturday.  Hope the weather stays nice. This was a picture of our beautiful weather when we went out for our Memorial Day camping trip.