Ahhhh....
Finally, Day One is here! We picked up Michael at o dark thirty and we headed over to the Cow Palace, arriving about 5:15am. Hannah and Mike came along with us to see us off. All riders were given red helmet covers to wear for the first 7 miles of the ride (to rest stop 1). The helmet covers read "Not Another 25 Years" commemorating this year as the 25th year since the first reporting of "Aquired Immune Defficiency Syndrome". The red on all of us was a unique symbol- much like a big red ribbon traveling west towards the ocean.
The pole that Charlie took out when he hit it last year on Day One was still along the side of the road, so Sandy Chris and I stopped and took pictures commemorating that accident.
The route took us up Skyline to Hwy 92 and over to Highway One where we traveled south and had lunch at San Gregorio Beach. From there we continued south on One through the little beach towns- stopping in Davenport for what else? Ice Cream!
Onward with our sugar high, we rolled into Rest Stop Four where our friends Cami and Rowdy were roadies, their theme for the Day: The Car Wash (as in the song)
From there it was into Camp at Harvey West Park, showering, eating a huge dinner then off to bed at 9pm... heck I think we were asleep before our heads hit the pillow!
