Tuesday, January 27, 2009

More Thoughts

I just picked up my new bike and we are building Jake's from scratch, what better way for him to learn all about his bike. We have just started planning the daily agenda for the trip (see "On Going Plans"). We are planning on riding about 50 miles a day with just three to four days off. To cover the mileage for the trip Jake says we must travel 42 miles per day in 32 days to complete the trip. Jim, my brother, doesn't know this yet but he will be picking us up June 26th at the SFO and we plan to depart from San Fran on the 28th. If all goes well Jim will have to pick us up in Cloverdale on July 23rd. We are taking the red eye home the night of the July 25th back to Boston.

I am hoping to show Jake places in California that I visited and/or lived in while I was growing up. Friends and locations we will be visiting (besides Jim and Mary's) are Santa Cruz, Monterey, Big Sur, Bill and Maggie Hendricks in Los Osos/Morro Bay, Jeff Duncan in Fresno, Yosemite Valley, Don and Barbara Moore in Fair Oaks in hopes that my sister and Chris will come visit from Rocklyn, Mike and Karen Costanza in Chico, the Redwood Forest, Northern coast - Fort Bragg and back home to Jim and Mary's for a long hot shower!!!!