Well, I am sitting in the Boise airport waiting for the flight to board. I slept fitfully last night and then at 3:15, just got tired of laying in bed and got up, got ready and left. I met up with Kait and Jace at McDonalds to get some breakfast and they are taking the pickup to park for the two weeks. It was good to see them and they did a lot to calm my nerves.
I really don't know why I have been so nervous about this trip. Truth be known, I think I am always this way leaving for anything. But I would imagine just the unknown, whether I have trained enough, meeting new people, did my bike arrive in good shape, what is the weather going to do to us, all these things have been flooding my mind. I am also sure all will be ok.
We are going to be riding from San Francisco to the Mexico boarder, right down the pacific coast. It should be some spectacular scenery and some great riding. We will average about 55 miles per day. I shipped my bike Fed Ex to the hostel that we are staying in tonight. This trip will be a little different than those I have gone on in that we will have a van carrying our gear. I will still carry the days supplies, but that will make quite a difference. As of yet I have very little knowledge of the people that will be part of the trip. I think the trip is a full trip, meaning that there will be 13 riders including myself and excluding the two tour leaders.
My transportation to San Francisco
We have quite the diverse group. There are a couple from Toronto, Canada and the rest of us are scattered out across the US. It will be interesting getting to know them. The tour leaders made us a spaghetti dinner which I was so hungry by the time we ate. I ate this morning before getting on the plane with Kait and Jace and didn't eat the rest of the day until dinner. I don't know how that happened, but once I got to the hostel, there was no place to eat.
The Marin Headlands Hostel
Inside the hostel.
Good night all!!
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