July1,2013 Day #1- Portland OR to Longview OR 65 Miles- 2,892 feet of climbing

We are up really early. Getting ready to drive out to Sunset Beach on the coast ago put our rear wheels into the Pacific Ocean 

At the beach we were all getting ready to ride when Doogie went racing down to the water. Jim road down to get him and when he turned to come back he feel and broke the drop out on his bike.

Fortunately we had a spare bike and we were able to get him rolling. Here we are about to go down to the beach.

Here we are ready to roll. There are 13 of us. We will spend the next 60 days riding across the states,

We will end our journey in Portland Maine.  This is gonna be fun!

Oh this is a lot of fun. Right after our rest stop I have a flat. Have I told you that Jim is really good at changing a flat. 

This is the first rest stop. The goal that day was to find a spot about 20 miles out. It was perfect

Here we are about to go across that bridge that crosses over the Columbia River.we go from Oregon to Longview Washington.