Sunday, March 1,2015

And so it begins.  Quite a day. It hasn't rained in San Diego much at all lately.  And they are in a drought.  But it rained all day today!!!!  Not a lot of fun.  But it was good  in other ways.  Started to get a feel for the rhythm of the bike and the demands on the body.  How to eat and drink during the day, etc.  It felt good to be on the bike.  About 43 miles today.  A climb of a bit over 2,000 ft.  More to come tomorrow.  I would post a picture, but it is hard to take pictures in the rain.

I passed a lot of homeless people on the bike path.  Sleeping under bridges. I was surprised to see that many of them had bicycles.  Then I remembered that I saw the same thing with the homeless in Berkely.  Maybe it is a CAlifornia thing.    Talked with a lot of people in convenience stores.  Very friendly.  Willing to tell me about their adventures when they were younger or when they were 60 lbs lighter - that kind of thing.

Not much of a road kill report.  One moth is about it.  But wow was there some interesting stuff along the shoulder.  The usual - glass, nails, batteries,auto parts like a fan belt, part of an air filter, etc.  But I also saw an Easter basket. a Christmas tree decoration, a broom ( in good shape even), and the top of a washing machine. It is never dull.  It is supposed to stop raining tomorrow.  I hope earlier than what they are predicting.  All the best.