Day 1 - Dipping Tires in Pacific - Rider Injured

Here we are at the water's edge in Everett. Dipping the rear tires of the bikes in the Pacific Ocean is a traditional start for the Coast to Coast Adventure. This day started with light rain and about 60 degrees but by the time we had climbed to the 4,010 foot Stevens Pass in the Cascades the temperature had dropped to 45! The descent required us to wear winter riding clothes.

One rider never made it to the end of the second mile. A female rider was crossing an expansion joint in on a large over pass in the rain and her tire went crooked causing her to fall and severly break her arm. She was taken to a hospital where she has surgery. Several other riders have fallen with the slippery road conditions. We all work to remind each other of the dangers in our 4,250 mile adventure.