day 1

dipped our tires in the pacific ocean in san francisco and had evan's dad, sister, and friend, tom bom, come see us off. we got off to a bit of a late start but that happens. today we biked to davis, california which was about 80 miles. it was a great day, tons of sunshine, vineyards, and wonderful people. biking through downtown san fran was a bit nuts; i almost ate it getting my back tire stuck in a train track and having to swerve around a taxi that cut me of in the bike lane. luckily i didn't get hurt or ruin my tire. we biked down to the docks where we caught a ferry to take us to vallejo, california; we didn't find a good, safe route to bike out of san fran. the ferry was fun and super windy, lets just say that it certainly isn't a fashion show for us. i look extremely rough since i haven't cut my hair or shaved in a month and don't plan on it until after the trip! evan looked normal, so maybe it was just me that looked real rough. i will say we do nip out a lot in our bike jerseys, you have been warned people! ok so we started biking and it was nice and warm out with some headwinds and some nice hills to get us warmed up. we only got lost once, my bad, but luckily it was only a couple of miles long. the countryside and the vineyards were amazing, never seen anything like it before. God blessed us so much today with his strength, beauty, and community. we finally arrived into davis later than expected, around 8 or 9 ish and stayed the night with evan's friend, mike, what a great guy with a big heart. he took us out to an amazing mexican dinner and opened up his house to us and has breakfast all lined up for us too! thanks a bunch mike!

ok side note before some pics: we didn't eat as much as we should've today so tomorrow we will be eating a good amount and getting some snacks for the road since all we have are camp dehydrated food pouches. we were pretty dang hungry and low on energy until we came across a strawberry vendor on the side of the road just seconds after evan was saying, "if we run into someone selling strawberries, we're gonna get some"; so we got 3 baskets full for the price of 2! we devoured them like nobodies business. the little asian couple that was selling them knew little english but were still willing to give us more than we paid for. just plain wonderful. she didn't want a picture taken of her so she hid while i took the picture :) alright here are some pics (UNEDITED) of day 1. i can't guarantee these daily updates but since we have time and internet tonight you are lucky.