Armand woke at 6:00-spent 4 hrs putting our bikes together–I slept & visited.  Lynn took us on a tour by car–happy because lots of STEEP hills–looks like a mini SF.  Went to huge market–gorgeous flower arrangements $5-$15-ate ultimate CHOCOLATE brownie because I was low in sugar.  Thai food for dinner-excellent.  Next door was ice cream-Armand had  VEGAN ice cream w/chocolate sauce–he NEVER eats sweets at home-only ME.  Good day.

Mike took us to airport @ 5:30 am w/2 huge bike boxes & all the clothes we could carry on our bikes for 6 weeks.  Stop over in Phoenix where my Super Senior Tennis Team made it to nationals last yr.  Lay over in Oakland–flight attendant announced NO PEANUTS because passenger had allergy–got pretzels produced w/peanuts.  In Seattle took shuttle to Lynn’s.  I met Lynn in 2002 on our Cross Country Bike trip (San Diego to St. Augustine) She was the youngest biker in our group at 50.  Also had hiked the APPALACHIAN TRAIL–which is longer than the bike trip.  I thought about doing it once for 2 min-don’t like hiking, camping or carrying more on my back than I can put on my bike.  She works at the VA Hospital as a surgical nurse.  Haven’t seen each other in 4 yrs  but  seemed like yesterday–special bond we formed on our ride.  Walked to A VEGETARIAN restaurant-ate a big mushroom for dinner.