I made it to Sonoma

The plane ride was pretty unevenful.  I got to read a lot of the latest Grisham book, The Associate.  When I got to the airport, I needed to wait about an hour and a half for the bus to take some of us to the hotel.  The ride to the hotel was another hour and a half.  The weather is beautiful.  I sat down by the pool and called Lisa.  She asked if I was going to go swimming and I had to tell her it was too COLD.  End of June and it was probably upper 70’s.

The hotel sits up on a hill where you can look out over part of Sonoma.  When I look in the direction the ride will take us, I see some pretty big mountains.  That’s right, mountains.  They are nice to look at, but I can’t start thinking about what it will be like to climb them on the bike.

We had a dinner tonight at the hotel and I got to meet a lot of the other riders.  They are from all over the US.  My room mate is from Seattle and he is a riding coach.  When I met him at the room, he was just getting back from a ride.  He has a folding bike which looks really cool.  I have lots of pictures already, but the computer at the hotel doesn’t have a SD Card slot to upload, so they’ll have to wait until I get back home.

Tomorrow we have a breakfast then a safety meeting.  After the meeting, we will do a tune up ride to make sure the bike is working correctly.  After the ride, I am going to a couple biking classes to learn more about maintenance and bike fit.  I’ll probably relax a little, or take a ride with some others if they venture out.  Then it’s off to a carb dinner, rest and then to the ride.