Day 0: Learning the Ropes

San Francisco

I went for a warm up ride this morning.  A cyclist on the street started talking to me at a stoplight.  She invited me to ride with her  since I had not a clue where to ride.  The conversation went like this:
"Where are you from?"
"Michigan"
"Where are you going?"
"I don't know."
"You want to do a hill?"
"Sure"
"Okay.  Follow me."

Oh my goodness.  That was no hill.  That was a small mountain.
It's going to be a fun trip.

We had orientation and map rap tonight, followed by a group dinner. I'm meeting some nice people.
Perfect weather forecast for tomorrow:  73 and sunny for our first day. I am too excited to sleep.