In what is becoming a tradition, the first day of the ride starts with rain. It’s not as bad as the start of my first big ride (when I stood watching and waiting for a deluge to end) but it’s another rainy first day today. Fortunately the forecast for the evening is dry, and the ride to my first camp site is only a few hours, so I can delay my start until pretty late in the day. In fact, I’m going to my parents’ house for Sunday dinner to celebrate birthdays in the family, so I won’t officially be leaving there until mid afternoon at the earliest. On the other hand, I have to leave home (on the scooter) around noon.
Here’s Flash, packed and ready to go (in chance-of-rain mode). The only thing missing from these photos is the rider
