Started the TransAM ride today

Well, today May 5 we rode to Yorktown and dipped our rear bicycle wheels in the Atlantic Ocean.  It was a great day to ride, we started with sun and temps in the high 50's and ended the day with temps in the mid 70's.  This was a short 30 mile ride on the Colonial Parkway and it got everyone on the ride used to riding fully loaded with all of our gear.  What is on the bike is our traveling home for the next 3 months.  There are 15 of us riding and everyone is a good rider and has a unique personality, all good.  In the morning we will be heading west for real and will get just north of Richmond, VA.  We have been divided up into two person teams for cooking duties.  On our assigned day, we are responsible for purchasing food for dinner, breakfast and lunch.  Then we cook dinner and prepare breakfast and lay out the lunch food for each person to make up their own lunch.This should be interesting, fortunately I do not have to cook until next week.  Life is Good.