This morning we attended two church services at Sammamish Presbyterian Church, our host for the last several days. We were introduced as a team, and there were some sighs of disbelief when it was announced that we intend to bicycle to New York City. We spoke with several of the church members in between, including one man who had lived in Cazenovia!
Around 12:30, we were ready to go. It was raining (of course), but that would not stop us. Something else did. Just as we were rolling out of the parking lot, we got called back...one of the team members had a flat tire! When that was fixed, we were off. Four of the men from the church, all older than I, led us through some of the quieter roads for the first 20 miles or so. It was raining pretty much the whole time, but nobody melted. We encountered some mild hills, but the last 12 miles were quite pretty, passing farms and horses on a quiet road along a river.
We got to Sultan, Washington, around 4 PM. The entire ride was only about 34.5 miles. I (Tim) actually went for a little jog around the town of Sultan before taking a shower in the high school locker room. We ate dinner in the Home Ec. room, and slept in the gymnasium, excited but nervous about the big day tomorrow.
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