tomorrow we ride!

at the hostel. lyon and ariel are fiddling with their bikes. i just got my bike computer set up and lyon's putting his fenders on. ariel is talking with her mom who's in mass about what she needs shipped to her (the shift key doesn't work on this computer and neither does the caps lock). my bike computer will tell me how fast i'm going, what my average speed is, how far i've gone total, and i can set the trip mode when i want to keep track of how far i've gone in a given day. i got it for $13 from academy. 

tomorrow our plan is to get up at 7 and go for one last ride in seattle. there's this route that we still haven't made it to along lake washington that's supposed to be beautiful. we're planning on meeting ariel at 8am on the other side of town and riding together. then we come back to the hostel, load up our things and head to the ferry which is only a few blocks away. an hour-long, $8 ferry will take us to bremerton, wa across the puget sound. the ferry leaves at 10am. then from there it's about a 20 mile ride to belfair state park. we are going to take it easy our first day riding fully loaded down. 

the next day we ride to shelton, or all the way to olympia, depending on how we're doing. in olympia we're staying with my dad's cousin robert who has been encouraging and generous. when i called yesterday to say we were staying in seattle another day because we liked it so much, he said, "we'll be here, don't worry about us, whenever you arrive is fine, stay and rest a couple days." 

so far i am very happy meeting new people, being in a new place and riding my bike. i feel comfortable with my clip-in pedals after riding around the city with them. 

love to everyone. thanks for commenting and letting us know you're there. i promise to make lyon write an entry now and again.