The adventure begins

Art and Ben departed on their transcontinental bike trip on Saturday, June 16 at 8 a.m. They left from our driveway. To make the ocean-to-ocean claim legit, they pedaled from San Gregorio beach to our house on Friday evening, clocking in at 2.5 hours for an over the hill trip of 25 miles riding fully-loaded bikes. This is my attempt to chronicle their adventure, adding bits and pieces gathered from brief phone check-ins each night...