Post Christmas post

My usual Samish ride and it's an absolutely beautiful day with light clouds almost calm and about 43°

This is my usual halfway point where I have some water and usually a bite to eat and it's about 12 1/2 miles from home.

 Just about leaving Samish Island testing whether this blogger app works for tracking the route since this is a couple miles from my last post. 

Three Eagles on a telephone pole with Mount Baker in the background. 

Just another training ride.

23 miles in heavy mist. Ran across this turn of the century school house.

22 days to San Diego!

No rides for the last two days. Yesterday was heavy snow at times with about three inches on the ground. There's still a couple inches on the grass but I think the roads are probably clear. I'll find out pretty quick.
Yes, the roads were all clear and I had a good ride even though it's not San diego...yet.

I posted this with my phone so I can update the blog on the road. Next I need to link my "Track My Tour" phone app on this blog.

Run up to take off

Coming down to the wire. I'm finally feeling confident in my physical ability to make the continent crossing. That's not to say that I won't be suffering for the first few weeks at least but I'm reasonably comfortable on training rides now. I've been riding a 25 mile loop around Samish Island about 5 days a week.

I've gone on a couple of 4 hour hikes and I'm sure the cross training is good for me. Oyster Dome on Blanchard Mountain is close to home and such a beautiful hike capped by the stunning view on top.

I'm still gathering equipment but my last hurdle will be the bicycle transport logistics. I've looked at "Bike Flights.com" and it should be pretty painless. Nick at "Bike Spot" will help me box up my Co-Motion for the Fed-Ex pick up. The details at the other end are still an unknown for me. I'm tempted to assemble the bike myself when I get there but would probably be better off if I left it to a bike shop.