1 day and counting

Doug and I have been planning this trip for a few years and now the time is near. We are taking Amtrak to Seattle and then biking back to St. Paul on our tandem! Doug has retired from the Post Office and I have the whole summer off...
We are making the final adjustment to the bike. We bought a Raleigh tandem off of Craig's list with disc brakes. It is 11 ft. 10 in. long with the B.O.B. trailer attached. Our expert mechanics and mentors, Scott and Cayley have been instrumental in getting us ready. We ordered the maps from Adventure Cycling. We are riding the Northern Tier Route. They test rode the route last year and have shared their log with us.
Tonight we were treated to a send off dinner from my family (but we forgot to take a picture!)
Thanks everyone!

From Spring 2010