Arrived in Carlsbad

This is my first entry since arriving in San Diego.We were met by the Wandering Wheels staff who transported us to the Pacific coast town 1 hour north of San Diego.There I learned there would be 15 of us challenging themselves to achieve this. I was particularly delighted to learn that 70 y.o. Edith Albright and 84 y.o. Bob Kiser, with whom I had biked cross country in 2003 were included. So it doesn't seem so daunting for a 62 y.o. Tomorrow we begin the trip by biking the short distance to the Pacific to have the traditional dipping of our rear wheels in the Pacific before heading East on our 2,500 mi. journey. I hope to show you a photo of our brave number. Iv'e already met several interesting members, most attempting this challenge for the first time, including Larry, a parkinson sufferor who is biking to raise money for Parkinson's research, I hope to relate other interesting profiles and also tell my personal story of what insired this challenge that has lead to my 4th cross country bicyle trip. But some of that later. It is quite a challenge learning to use this Blackberry (complements of VerizonWireless).