Port Ludlow to Towana State Park

Day one pedaling was a great one. We left early with a full belly thanks To my Grandma Joyce and Uncle Tim, and a wonderful send off from Family and friends! Mom and Nancy even drove out to the edge of Port Ludlow to give us a beer and one last cheer!

Of course since it was our first day it had to rain, which it did for most of the day, but it really wasn't that bad. The light rain continued for most of our riding time, but let up shortly after we stopped for lunch :) A nice lady outside the grocery store thought we were pretty crazy and gave us a bananna for some extra courage along the way... Potassium maybe, but courage maybe not.

We had a short stint of going in the wrong direction in Bremerton, but a few of my high school friends would agree that the home on MXPX is a great place to be lost in! Yes, I was singing in my head for most of Bremerton... Maybe that's why we were so lost!

We had about 12 miles after lunch and now are settled at a great State campground in an awesome tent site nestled in trees with a babbling stream as our only noise! Best $14 spent all month! It was a short first day today of 60 miles, but we figure it will be best to ease our legs in and build up to the big miles we need to acomplish to get back to Santa Cruz! My brother Schuyler has been convinced to pick us up in a few weeks if we are in a pintch :) thanks Sky!

Tomorrow is a bigger milage day, closer to 85, and we'll see how the legs take it!

On a final note, I'm sorry about the lame picture in the last post. The I phone app that I got claims you can include pictures from the phone, but what I uploaded and what you see are very different! So in an effort to experiment I've taken a picture of this slug to see what happens when the picture is already on the phone, then uploaded. If it too sucks we'll upload pics on facebook.
- Lauren