Day 1 - It's finally here

The day I've been waiting for is here and I'm going to start my ride with a ride… to the airport. All this time I had been waiting for my bike to be finished. This was a longer process than expected, and I really wanted to do this ride on this new bike. So I waited. I started making alternate plans, ‘what if I left this day?’ ‘where could I take the bus to so I can start further along.’ Because I had no idea when it would be ready, I made many alternate plans. But by the time it was ready, a bus was no longer an option.

Before I flew out to Helena, MT, our little dog Walter died. He was a great cuddler and I love/miss him so much. While I was planning this trip I was very worried about him passing as he was nearing 17. So while I was frustrated about the delay, I was very glad to be there with Walter in his last days.

So I finished building and setting up my bike and then had to immediately break it apart and box it up. I put my pannier bags in the big blue Ikea bag (3 out of 10 wouldn't recommend) and checked it along with my bike. Once I got to Helena I took a cab to my hotel, grabbed some dinner and started building my bike. So while not day 1 of riding, it is day 1 of the adventure. Hooray!

I'm leaving out the 4 random searches I had flying, my first trip to Walmart in a long time, my cab driver trying to convince me to go to comic con with him, cuz of relevancy and not as interesting as they may sound. Here's a nice magpie instead.