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Monday, August 15, 2011

Day 59

8 miles.  I had no problem waking up early today.  Took a nice ferry ride across the bay as the sun was coming up. There were a couple of short steep hills in town but they didn't really matter.  At 8:30 I got to  the end of the road.  It was finished.  I sat there for a while and thought about how fortunate I was to be able to try this.  So many kind people had helped along the way.  I looked at the pictures I had taken.  It went by so fast.  Sort of like life.  I see the old man in the pictures and can't believe that's me. 
I rode over the bridge, took some more pictures and put my toes in the Pacific.  I celebrated by eating lunch at an exclusive San Francisco restaurant, Subway. 
Took the train to Walnut Creek and will spend the night camping on Mt. Diablo. 
I will do one more post tomorrow and then wrap it up.  




13 comments:

  1. Awesome ride Tom! Congratulations! Well done.

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  2. CONGRATS!!!! Sean loved the picture of you in the shirt he made for Grandpa

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  3. YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT! NOW TO DIP YOUR FEET IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. What great memories you will have FOREVER! We are so proud of you!

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  4. Oh, No..........You must continue the Blog! We have all become addicted to it!! Surely you can make up something to keep us entertained as we sit at home. We had our turn and now the ball is in your court. Never give up your dreams......

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  5. Wow! Congratulations! What an Awesome achievement! I couldn't be more proud if we were related or something!! LOL Great job! I know that Deb will be glad for you to get home! I hear that she has a very large "to do" list for you! JK! Love ya!

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  6. I can't believe you're done! It's been a fun ride (watching you)!!! I'm glad you actually put your feet in the water!!! Enjoy your day of fun tomorrow!!

    Sooooo proud of what you did! You da man!! :o)

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  7. Congratulations, this is quite an accomplishment!!! I'm very excited for you, you made the journey real for all of us to be able to follow along in your blogs. Looking forward to us being able to get together and hear the stories first hand. Way to go!!!

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  8. .... if you let that beard grow out much longer I have a good gig for you come December.

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  9. Tom, kinda like summer camp... trying to keep that feeling going. Way to go man, now we need equipment lists, what worked and did not. I enjoyed your blog. Tom H

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  10. The Jerry Garcia beard is most appropriate for San Francisco!

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  11. Take some good pictures at Rivendell!

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  12. Tim -- I've been to Rivendell. Got my pubic bone height measured there, in fact. It's a long metal building that used to be a body shop. No big shakes.

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