The Adventure Begins

After delaying 3 days waiting for good weather we finally got on the road.  It hardly seemed real that we were actually riding off to be gone for 3 months.  We took our time getting ready so we didn't leave until 10:30 AM.  We stopped for lunch at Subway in Alpine.  The climb was incredibly hard as we dragged our bike and gear over a 4000-foot peak.  We checked into the Pine Valley Inn in Pine Valley just before dark.  We only traveled 38.4 miles but now it really feels like the journey is underway.  We're both sore and tired but it was a good day.

The truth from Ruth:  There was one half hour before lunch that was really grueling. I was tired, sore, and hungry. I wanted my food! My favorite part of the day was the cute little store we stopped at in Descanso. I took too long looking around and Jeff came in after me. Good thing he did because we barely got here to Pine Valley before dark.