Day 1 Portland Or to Kitsap Memorial State Park 20.5 miles

After being bombarded with photos, hugs, and farewell good-byes we were finally able to head to our first stop, Seattle. The train ride was awkward and long with too many stops teasing us for the adventure ahead.Deboarding at noon, we mounting our overloaded bikes, and towards the ferry that would take us to bainsbridge island. After a few wrong turns we found a bike path that lead us to the ferries. Two miles in we had our first flat...I wonder who installed that tire Donald?
The ferry ride gave us a great view of the Space Needle and Downtown Seattle. Bains bridge was a short visit for us with only a stop the grocery store and a bike shop. With a awesome bike museum with a collection from beautiful steel frames from the 50's to freak bikes from the 70's.
On the way to camp we found a traffic jam before the bridge of brains bridge. A bus began to turn into the bike lane cutting us of from passing. A quick pull on the brakes had Beau running into Hank's rear wheel. Losing control beau fell and began to slide under the bus. Luckly the bus only caught his front wheel. A road rash, out of adjustment stem and brake was the worst of it. A quick wrench and we were on our way. 20 miles made for a quick shake down ride to Kitsap Memorial State Park where we meet a couple with thier kids on an adventure across the world, calling them sleves the Global Mobile Family. Im sure they have a blog that we will be searching for soon. A hearty dinner of summer sausge sauteed with a garlic marinara sause and pasta followed by a romantic veiwing of the sunset by the beach finished the day for us. Sleep came quickly.