Yesterday I took the bike to Sonora Cyclery. They boxed it and took it to FedEx where it will start its first journey across country today.
I will head to the post office soon to ship my backup batteries so they will be waiting for me. Found out lithium batteries must go by ground.
In the next week I’ll be packing up the rest of my gear and shipping it to meet me in Bar Harbor.
Today I am also trying to update this blog just using the iPad. So the photo has nothing to do with my comments other than I needed something to test it out. So far I can only see how to post one photo per blog. Aha! I see how to post more pics. Next is how to place them within the blog. Maybe tomorrow.

the first photo is aerial view of the salt ponds in Newark, California. The one with all those people? The ones facing the camera are all part of my Most Wonderful Family.