Time to travel . . .

Linda, Margie and I would be traveling today from WI to CA via Denver . . .

We all met at the aeroporto and said good by to our loved ones . . .

emJay and I realized this will be the longest we have been apart sing the last time I road cross country . . . absence make the heart grow fonder. Lov’ you emJay and thanks for supporting me in fulfilling my crazy dreams!

We had a four hour layover in Denver and headed to the New Belgium Hub to begin ‘training’ for the ride. We were accompanied by Korina, a woman we met on the plane traveling to CA to pick up her mother. We had a great time with her and she was very excited and supportive of our ride.I think she might have gone with us other than she was married, had a young child at home and was a nurse/mid-wife with several clients who need her services in the near future!

She wondered where the rest of our crew was and we explained than Gina had flown ahead to CA and that Tom and Dan were . . . somewhere along the way probably having just as good of a time as we were . . . ‘training’!

or . . . maybe not!

Here Mary Jo our server and Korina discuss the benefits of a smooth IPA . . .

. . . while Linda described to us how much she was in love with Tim and had pictures of him along to prove it. Even one for her bike bag to gaze at as she pedaled along on the Southern Tier!!!

Soon we were on the plane for San Diego our last leg of today’s travels. As we chatted in the cab, our cabbie asked us if we were going to Mexico and we said, ‘No, we are riding across the US to Florida on bicycles’. After a moment of silence he asked us if were taking a GUN along on the journey!!!

Soon we at the Ocean Villa motel where Gina was already waiting or us and Tom and Dan had just arrived moments before we did.

GREAT TIMING!