Photos posted!

Some of you may still be getting notified of new posts, others may just keep checking back here hoping that I have started some new epic adventure... But either way, your in for a treat because you get to see pictures from the whole trip!

I have posted them on my picasa page:

picasaweb.google.com/matthiastm/EPICBIKETRIP

Enjoy!

By The Numbers

12183 -- highest elevation
3804.3 -- total miles ridden
115.1 -- most miles in a day
98 -- hottest day
83 -- longest stretch between towns
74.6 -- average mileage per day riding
58 -- days from NYC to SF
51 -- days riding
45.1 -- top speed
29 -- coldest night
25 -- pounds lost collectively
14 -- states
10 -- flat tires (Michele - 6, Chris - 4)
7 -- days resting
6 -- other bicycle tourists met
5 -- state capitals
2 -- state fairs
2 -- days riding in the rain
2 -- nights sleeping through the rain
1 -- broken chain
1 -- nights abandoning our campsite because it turned into a pond
1 -- free ride in a limousine

1 -- UNFORGETTABLE ADVENTURE!

Thank you so much to everyone for your support and encouragement!

I hope you have enjoyed living vicariously through us for a time, and I hope that I may have at least convinced one of you to take on such an adventure of your own! It is definitely worth it!

So long! And thanks for all the fish!

Day 58

Start: Napa, CA
End: San Francisco, CA
Distance today: 68.6
Total: 3840.3

For some reason I couldn't sleep last night. I ended up taking a moonlight stroll through Skyline wilderness park around midnight. Maybe it was the anticipation if the last day of the trip... Maybe it was something I ate... Either way, I got about 4 hours of sleep last night, so I was wide awake this morning for our last day!

After some annoying construction, we had a pleasant but hot ride through the hills north of San Francisco... Then we got to Sausalito, where we got out first glimpse of SF and and our first gust of the cool ocean breeze from the Pacific!!

We rode the rest of the way over the Golden Gate with big stupid grins on our faces 'cause WE'RE THERE!!!

COAST TO COAST, BABY!!!!

And if that wasn't enough, I finished off the day by riding my fully-loaded bike up Jones St in San Francisco at somewhere around 24% grade!

We're done! (by the way, if you are reading this, you are required to post a comment below)

So... Now what?

Oh that's right... start training for the marathon!

Hey, guess what....

WE JUST RODE OUR BIKES ACROSS THE COUNTRY!!!

It wouldn't be a trip to California without stopping at In-N-Out!!