Hey all, sorry it took so long for another post, but we have been traveling through small towns that do not have wireless internet connections. But we have started! on the road and have so far riden 240 miles over the first four days! The first two days coming out of Seattle were extremely rainy and tested all of us, because during training when it would rain like that biking was not the first thing that came to mind as an activity. But we ended up making it to the very small town of Skykomish which was named after the river that we rode next to the whole way there. The river was huge with impressive rapids. I have never seen anything like it even being from Colorado.

I have always pictured Washington as a very rainy and depressing state because that is how Seattle is always described, but this state is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. The landscape is bright green with expansive bodies of water covering the state. In Colorado you mostly just see different shades of brown with some other colors mixed in every once in awhile. These bright colors are amazing to see, its like biking through a poster or a painting.

In Skykomish we stayed in a church which was a great time, because it was small and we all got to really bond as a team for the first time. The town was being torn up because the government found lethal amounts of oil in the soil under the city and there was a ton of renovations going on but the area was still extremely pretty. We biked the next couple of days for a total of 240 miles in the past 4 days, with a lot of climbing.

After the first days ride we had the first of friendship visit of many more to come and it went really well, everyone had a great time and met a ton of amazing people. It was a great opportunity for a lot of the guys to get great interactions with a wide range of different people. We have 100 miles tomorrow to get into Spokane with a 5:30 wake up so I am going to go off to bed. I will be uploading pictures as soon as I get a reliable internet connection, but until next time...

Enjoy the Ride!!