So . . . after a LOT of planning, Phase 1 of the trip starts today with Dan and Tom heading to California in Tom’s truck with our bikes and some of our gear.

Margie, Linda, Gina and I will be flying to San Diego on Friday and if it all turns out according to the plan we will meet up at Dog Beach, the official start of the ride.

We all took our gear to Tom’s on Monday morning for packing. Nobody stuck around after they dropped off their gear. The temp was -3 degrees F.  COLD!!!

Tom looked remarkably recovered from just skiing the Birkebeiner Cross Country Ski race yesterday, a 34 mile race in Northern WI. Margie skied the half version!

Congrats to Tom and Margie . . . we will probably be eating their dust across the whole US as they zoom ahead!

TUESDAY MORNING:

We assembled at Tom and Barbs’ for the final loading, before they were off. Heat wave this morning 5 degrees above zero!

Before we could even get the final ‘stuff’ in the truck Liz and Barb were already ‘synching’ their calendars for upcoming outings while the boys are gone!!!!

Dan brought his 4 bike rack which will work perfect for this trip.

The three Amigo’s!

Let’s GO . . . it’s COLD here. Click photo above to see the video!!!