Wednesday, September 21, 2011

T- Minus 23 Hours and Counting.....



This morning was a great morning, blue skies sunny and warm. After breakfast Jan and I took our bikes out to do a short test ride and then back to the hotel to get our orange flags on the back of our bikes. It was so nice to finally get back on my bike.


Once our flags were installed we were off to explore Portland and several lighthouses. Here's a picture of me at our first stop. I have on my custom made Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund cycling jersey. I also met a "old Corp" Marine and his dog, a Bull Dog to be specific. The official Mascot of the Marine Corp.




The weather was great today for our 30 mile "test"ride, no winds lots of sunny skies and smooth roads. What more could you ask for.... I can't think of anything. We stopped at a local sandwich shop for lobster rolls and for me a chicken wrap.

On our way back to the hotel, I saw the thing I feared the most.... yeah, they have migrated to the North East to haunt me, I saw two smooched snakes! My ride hasn't even officially begun and I'm already seeing dead snakes, the count continues.



Have a great day an let's hope for smooth roads, sunny warm weather and lots of "photo ops" as I begin my trip south.




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