Hey all,
Today marks my 2nd day on the Journey of Hope, a 50 mile ride from Santa Cruz to Monterey. After a 5:30 wake up call and breakfast, we all hit the road, continuing down the California coastline. Today's ride was a little easier than yesterday's, since there less hills and more flatland to ride through. We passed a lot of strawberry farms, and were even treated to a free box of fresh strawberries from some of the farmers. The ride was an overall success, as we all made our rack point on time and finished the ride on time.
After all of the cyclists congregated in downtown Monterey, we rode in double paceline to the Gateway Center, where we had another lunch/friendship visit with the residents there. The folks at Gateway were a little quieter than the other people I had met at other friendship visits, but were still very nice and fun to be around. I even got a picture taken for the local newspaper, who had sent a reporter to Gateway to do an article on our visit!
Later that evening, after a few hours of free time and hanging out with the other cyclists, we all went to dinner at a local Mexican restaurant, and loaded up on burritos and chips, and sang Happy Birthday to our Project Manager, Paul. After running a few errands at Walgreen and the bank, I spent some time cleaning my bike with some of the other guys and getting ready for our dreaded 115 mile ride that we're doing tomorrow. It'll be a challenge, but I'm looking forward to my first 'century day' of the trip and pushing myself probably harder than I have ever before on a bicycle.
-Ethan
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