Anticipation Day - Day before leaving

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Well today we talk facts about this trip. I have been planning this for 9 months now. Planning is a big part of the fun for me. Yes, I am a geek and there is an issue here. We will be spending every night in an hotel, no camping. I have every hotel already booked along with all the routes laid out, utilizing Google maps. This trip is being paid for mostly by Choice One. It is my 20th anniversary trip. How cool is that?

This will be the first bicycle trip that Joan or I have been on that wasn't fully supported, which means we have to carry everything ourselves on the tandem. Nobody is following by car carrying our luggage or being there if we have mechanical problems. Nothing like the first time. We haven't ever ridden the tandem fully loaded with the extra 75 pounds of cargo before, so when we leave from Neptune Beach, Jacksonville that will be the first time. Sounds a little crazy. Knowing these facts, we have to expect the unexpected. That is why we have no pictures to share fully loaded and why day one will be only 30 miles. Here is a picture in front of our house riding the tandem so that you can see what it looks like. Excellent photography by Marla. Wel,l enough boring information, flying out in the early morning.