Day 1&2 Home to La Push Washington

 Miles 5

Another start to another adventure.  The plan is to finish my cross North America goal.  I had planned to start in Anocortes, Washington and the Tim Love, my great long-time riding companion (usually we have Nancy Maio, his wife with us) decided to join and suggested we start in La Push and have a true Pacific Ocean start.  I thought that was a great idea.

Brandon and I drove from Burley to Tacoma Washington yesterday to where Tim and Nancy live.  It was 700 miles and about 11 hours of driving, but with both of us it went rather well. We had a great visit with them both and they were so kind to feed us my favorite hamburger meal and then just enjoyed the night catching up.

 Today we made the 170 mile trip from Tacoma to La Push.  La Push is actually in the Olympic National Park.  It rained for most of our trip here and well into the afternoon.  Currently, the sun is shining and things are supposed to clear up.  It is 54 degrees and very pretty.  The tress and foliage are so green and thick.

We start riding tomorrow.  The overall plan is to take 4 weeks and ride from here to Wolf Point, Montana, where I started last year.  If things all work out, we will ride 1,200 miles.  Looking forward to it.

The three of us (and Dolly) starting this new adventure.

The ocean at La Push.  I wish it wasn't so rainy.  It was a beautiful place.

This is Tim, my riding companion.  Great to be with him again.

The traditional dipping of the bike tire in the Pacific.

Close to our starting place was the home of Cullen's (Twilight, you know?).  We decided to make a visit since we were so close.