A fun an eventful day today! At 8:00 am went down and got registered and then had my bike reassembled. As I was waiting I met a young woman from the Chicago area named Colleen who was getting her bike put together too.
Once our bikes were assembled, we decided to bike to the Pacific to dip our wheels in the ocean. We were given directions and a map and off we went - over the bridge as instructed. Well 8 miles later we still had not found the ocean and we stopped to seriously look at the map. Turns out we went to Washington state (we took 101 N instead of 101 S). So, we took a 16 mile bike trip we didn't need to take (and Sarah - I biked over that big Astoria bridge and back - not fun!!!). However, we do get to claim an extra state on our tally!
We returned to the hotel and checked in (and found out we were roommates for the trip) and then headed out again for the ocean - over the other bridge. This time we did make it to the Pacific and we took off our shoes and walked to the water with our bikes and dipped our wheels! Woo hoo!
Back at the hotel I found out I was moved out of the triple room (Cindy, our other roommate is a weaver!) and into a double with a woman named Susan. Depending on hotel accomodations, I could be back in the triple at some point. I actually have the room to myself tonight because Susan is staying with friends for tonight.We had our big orientation meeting this evening and a really good catered buffet. Now it's time to wind down and get ready for tomorrow. As I suspected, we are taking Hwy 30 to St. Helen's and it is very hilly - with really big hills. It's a 69 mile trip and I'm going to be very tired at the end.
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I'm thinking about you and sending all the energy to you I can. Just take a deep breath and breath it in when you need an extra boost.
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