San Diego or Bust!

Our Whip.

We made it to California! After 36 hours of driving a cargo van  absolutely packed with gear and bikes me and my co-pilot Pete headed directly for the beaches of La Jolla.  We drove straight through, 2,300 miles, only stopping for gas exchanging passenger for riders role each time....A real road trip!

We're all staying at the Shiley Medical Plaza part of the campus of UCSD on a floor where a physical therapy clinic used to be, its just a large empty room now which is perfect for 23 riders to throw down our "beds", park our bikes, and prepare for our ride.  Our backyard is made up of the world famous Torrey Pines golf course and the ocean so its hard to complain about the set up.

So far we've doing a lot of orientation stuff and getting to know the other national riders.  Pete and I got out for our first training ride this morning, we headed straight down the coast from La Jolla towards downtown San Diego.  Beautiful scenery but definitely some major hills to contend with along the way.  Can't wait for the first real day of riding on Thursday.  Ill post pictures as soon as I get an internet connection that doesn't block them. No Chain!

36 hours of endless highway.

Border Patrol stops are interesting in a cargo van packed with stuff

My co-pilot at the end of a lot of driving.