Travel Day - San Diego to Norfolk

After many months of anticipation, travel day finally arrived! After a (thankfully) short night's stay at a motel near the airport in SD, we boarded the plane with all leftover gear and clothing that had not previously been mailed or stored. We arrived in Norfolk in the evening, picked up our HUGE F150 from Budget, and drove downtown to meet our friends Grayson and Beth Bryant. Grayson is the reason Jeff and I met so it is fun to see them again. They treated us to a fabulous dinner of Southern fare - shrimp & grits (my favorite) and buttermilk fried chicken. We all stayed up late into the night talking, not a problem for Jeff and me, but we felt sorry for them when the alarm went off at 5am! We're now off to run errands and hopefully pick up damage-free bikes from UPS. Oh, and our total fundraising amount as of this morning was $14,835!! Wow!