San Diego to Alpine - 35 miles

To officially start our journey, we rode to the beach and dipped our back tires in the Pacific Ocean. It was a beautiful day today...got a little too warm in the afternoon....85 degrees...not good for all the climbing we did. We are at 2,000 ft and tomorrow will be more climbing. We are in a town called "Alpine." That should have been a clue to me that we are climbing. One of the gals said the the climbs were 8% grades. I can say one thing, it was kind of nice not having my bicycling coaches yelling at me to pedal, pedal, pedal.

Dinner tonight was talapia, broccoli, boiled potatoes and salad. Absolutely delicious.