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Day 1: Portland

Day 1: Portland, Or. After a late dinner (0130) at Theo's and a few hours sleep, we are ready to hit the road to Columbia River Gorge too see the numerous waterfalls! View updated pictures on the Track Our Progress link

Preparation began

Many minor details were taken in order to plan for this trip.  With the much-appreciated help of LP, who planned the route, weekly training rides, and booked hotels along the way. 

Our bikes were shipped this week via FedEx ground for a 4-day travel time to The Jupiter Hotel in Portland, Oregon.  The cost was roughly 86$ per bike, not to shabby!

Since we will be driving from Portland to Crescent City where the ride will begin, I rented an SUV with a bike rack attached.  We'll have to wait to see if this will suffice. 

We also had to plan for the tail end of our trip.  Since we will live out of a backpack for 2 weeks, I couldn't possibly visit Napa without the proper attire, so we shipped our luggage to the Hotel Mark Twain in San Francisco, where it will be awaiting our arrival.  The cost was 31$, that’s cheaper than the airline fees btw.  

We are now all packed and ready!

The beginning...

This marks the first post of many, on our journey of 3 friends cycling the California coast from Crescent City to San Francisco. This blog will help those who would like to embark on a trip like this, but more importantly for our major support network of friends and family!

Proposed Itinerary: 
May 19 Portland, Oregon
May 22 Crescent City, Ca
May 23 Eureka, Ca
May 24 Meyers Flat, Ca
May 25 Leggitt, Ca
May 26 Somewhere in, Ca
May 27 Gualala, Ca
May 28 Point Reyes, Ca
May 29 VICTORY! San Francisco, Ca

 Jason, LP and I will each have one MEC Air Hike 22 Backpack filled with the following:
1 cycling bib/shorts
1 cycling jersey
1 pair of socks
1 pair of shorts
1 pair of speedos/swimwear (the hotel hot tubs will be your best friend!)
1 T-shirt 1 pair of vibrams
1 toothbrush
1 travel deodorant
1 travel toothpaste
1 pair of sunglasses
1 Helmet
1 IPod Nano
1 IPad Lots of Snickers for fuel

 This will continually be updated, for I am sure I have missed something in my dash to get this blog started. If all goes well, you will see an update each night with pictures throughout the day marking our route.

 Stay tuned!