First day on the road!

Woke up at 6am to pack, clean, eat breakfast, load the trailers and
wheel dip!! At 8:30am, together with our friends and family, we dipped
our back wheels into the Atlantic ocean. There was lots of cheering,
dolphins in the background, and TONS of excitement!!! After a pep talk
huddle and cheer, and the bestowing of the "Disco stick" to the rider
of the week, we were off! Biking across America!!! I was given the
disco stick because I was the rider who raised the most money! So this
is really a big honor to all of YOU who have donated to this cause,
congrats everyone!!! I now have the pleasure of picking the next rider
of the day to give the disco stick to. (our trip has somewhat of a
lady gaga theme...) :)

It was a beautiful ride today, sunny and in the 70s or 80s, very flat
terrain and about 55 miles. Lunch was delicious, leftover food from
the previous day and some banana and peanut butter. Another fantastic
food thing was a strawberry patch we found: u pick! For $3 Will,
Laura, Dave and I picked a quart of strawberries and ate them in the
shade before continuing on. We arrived in Sufolk around 2:30ish. When
I say "we" I mean my little group of riders. Throughout the day we
divided up into smaller groups, so the times we all arrived at the
church varried.

The church made us dinner (mmmm spaghetti!!!) then bike cleaning and
trailer painting. Soon we will watch a movie :) I'm loving this sooo
much, the biking part has been awesome and I cannot wait for the build
part!

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