The Journey Begins

It was a very nice weather morning cycling thur the South Puget Sound of Washington State. My intended departure time was 9:00 A.M. on August 13, 2012. I left Jason's house at 9:02. Well I don't think anyone could quibble with that. By mid afternoon the temperatures began to rise, it got hot! My goal was to make to south of Tenino, WA where there are good wild camping opportunities. Just couldn't pedal another 20 miles so I stay at a Motel in Yelm. 52 miles isn't a first dat total.
 The next morning I left Yelm at around 8:00 A.M. After picking up some riding food, I started riding the Yelm to Tenino trail. The goal for today was to make it to The Lewis and Clark State Park north of Toledo, WA. Mission accomplished 55miles. It was a nice Camping area and I met another cyclist on his way to Seattle than back to Northern California. I set up the tent in the spot next to his but, after setting everything up cooking eating and cleaning up the park ranger drove up and advised us that we couldn't camp there we had to move to the other side of the road. It was a sleepless night because of noisey campers. I mention because the next day of riding was difficult. Between no sleep, very warm temps and mountains I only made it 26 miles. The next camping was another 17 miles couldn't do it. Since the riding plan for a couple of weeks is to ride 3 days take a day off then ride 4 days and take a day off it fell just right. Since the next day was a scheduled day off I saw a Motel with all needed activities nearby. Resturant, Laundry, Post Office, Stores all right there.
  I met a Veteran Cyclist a few miles down the road from the motel and we talked as we both took a break. He spoke about all the things he learned in his many years of cycling. He said "Don't pack for what you think you may use. Only bring what you can't live without". After that day of riding I took his words as gems. Thats where the post office came in handy. Spending the rest of my 3rd day going through my gear. The intention was to continue riding with only the bear necessities, only what I can't live without. The mountains are only going to get higher. This morning I shipped back to Jason's house the rest. Light for Flight!
Sorry for not posting Pics the Internet is very bad here. Will post pics when i have a better connection.
Tomorrow is suppose to be another 95 degree- plus day si i will hit the road earily . Hopefully I will make it to the coast where high temps are around 70 degrees.