100 Days!!

We will be leaving for our trip on June 9th... just 100 days away!! I hope the weather is nicer for our first day than it is now. It's been raining off and on here since last evening, when my Dad and I went for one of our training rides (only about 20 miles). We decided to cut it short because of the rain and the wind. On the up side, we discovered that our rain jackets really are water proof.

We've been training four days a week for two weeks now, going anywhere from 15 to 25 miles. For the most part the weather's been sunny (barring yesterday) and the roads have been flat (we've decided to wait a few more weeks before tackling the hills.) Of course we'll definitely need to practice some hills before the beginning of our trip: on the third or fourth day we'll come to the North Cascades; the first pass, which is 40 miles, will be our first hurdle (quite a high one, I imagine). Dad is sure that it will be freezing, and raining... if it isn't outright snowing. I'm trying to keep a more optimistic outlook.

Thank You to everyone who's donated to FAAN. I'll try to post again in the next week or two.

Peace,
~Seth

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