I left Toledo this morning at 6:00a.m heading to DTW Airport. It was 20 degrees.  I had my multi-purpose bike tool confiscated at Detroit security and that turned out to be the only negative occurrence for the entire day.   I landed at John Wayne Airport in Orange County.  The weather here is fantastic-sunny and about 60 degrees. Dan and I picked up our bikes which arrived at the local bike shop without any problems.  We loaded up our stuff and make a quick trip to the Pacific, which is only about 2.5 miles from our hotel.  We dipped our wheels in the Ocean and took some great pictures which I will try to download here later tonight.  After all the planning and worrying, it was great to actually make it to our starting point and get on our bicycles.  Dan and I are very excited about getting started first thing in the morning.

Our destination is Beaumont, California, which is about 80 miles from our hotel. It looks like we are going to have a nice tail wind, so we may decide to go a bit further.  Beaumont is west-southwest of Palm Springs. 

Tomorrow should be a great day.