Day Zero

Today is staging day. We finally finished loading the truck and closing down the house by nine and drove down to daughter Liz's apartment in Falls Church. We played around with the new GPS unit on the way down. It got somewhat confused as we drove down a new stretch of Rt 15 just over the PA line as it appeared we were driving through a field for a couple of miles. I would like to say we managed to pack light (well one of us did), as I discovered that Sally brought along our bathroom scales. Enough said. We had pizza at my favorite local pizza restaurant, Pie-Tanza. Then it was off to BWI to pick up Liz's friend Kim who is visiting for the weekend. They will be going down to Yorktown tomorrow for the start of the ride. Tomorrow is Sally's birthday so Elizabeth made a cake from scratch, blueberry lemon cake with a lemon cream cheese frosting. Very good. She also gave us matching jerseys personalized for the ride. Very cool. So it is up early tomorrow to drive to Yorktown and finally get on the bike and head west. Can't wait.