Dawn of the First Day

It has all come down to this, weeks of planning and testing our endurance have culminated into a morning of nerves and excitement. We leave on a 7:50 am flight from Philadelphia. It is a beautiful day in New Jersey, one of those days that makes it tough to leave. With the winds at our backs we should arrive in San Francisco at 11:00 Pacific time. The plan is to pick up the bikes from a local bike shop that we had them shipped to, and then catch the 12:45 ferry to Vallejo. Strangely enough our journey starts on a boat rather than on a bike. However, I'm sure the thousands of miles will make up for the few moments of infidelity with a boat. We plan to make Davis, a paltry 45 miles, by evening and complete the first day.