Charleston in T-minus 1 day

So I have official finished my undergrad at the University of Rochester and have been chillen out in DC this last week with the oldest brother. Things worked out really well with him coming up for graduation and living basically at the midpoint between Charleston and Rochester. The stay in DC has been awesome, with a 40 mile bike ride to Mt. Vernon with a bike and build alum, Stuart Carter. The ride was by the river, which was awesome since the weather cooperated. Biking is a really popular activity in big cities with many recreational and serious bikers, and that was full on display even on a Wednesday afternoon. They actual have stop signs for bikers, and Stuart warned me that cops actually hand out tickets for people who don't obey the signs, crazy! I made sure to stop and watch out for cops since it would suck to have my first ticket come from not stopping on a bike. Biking through the city was awesome since they have biking lanes on most of the roads to encourage the activity and you fly by cars since they are inching through traffic. The ride definitely got me excited for the trip because the ride was a blast and I heard some of the awesome stories from Stuart experience 3 years back. To sum up what he said he basically said he wishes he could do it again because it was truly the best summer of his life!

Tomorrow we will be heading down to Charleston and just hang out for the last 2 days before the start of this adventure.
Everything I will need for the next 2 months fits on my bike, camelback, or duffle bag



Everything is packed and ready to go! Excitement is building up as I will be meet a couple of riders on Sunday, where we will either split the costs of a hotel or be camping out somewhere near Charleston. Then on Monday Bike and Build will officially begin. I will try to posts some stuff after orientation and our first build day, but I am not sure how much time I will have to put up pics and post stuff. I am hoping for twice a week but I will have to wait and see how the daily bike and build schedule works.