Arrived

Yesterday was the first day of our journey. We got some disturbing news while waiting in Denver to catch our flight. The REI store in Lynnwood, WA (where we had our bikes shipped) called saying our bikes arrived.damaged but rideable.  When we arrived at the store, we found out how badly the REI store in Fort Collins (where we live) had packed the bikes.  No padding for protection so they had to replace a rotor on disk brakes that was bent up, one bottle cage, nicks & scratches in the paint and scratches on our Brooks saddles.  We can't praise Richard, the bike technician at the REI store in Lynnwood, enough as he spent a couple hours after we arrived there tuning up our bikes to get them in the best shape as possible considering what the Fort Collins store had done.  Unpacked everything and assembled the Bob (name of the trailer Ed will pull) and spent the night in a hotel.  This morning getting ready to head out for our first leg.