Day 2 - Vallejo to Sacramento, CA - 69.5 miles

Hey all,

Today was another spectacular day. It was a little harder for me to wake up this morning knowing I had nearly 70 miles ahead of me. My muscles were a touch sore and stiff, but nothing to really complain about. We will see if that changes as the days continue! LOL. All the staff yesterday was saying today was going to be "an easy ride." I was a bit skeptical, what is easy for one, is not easy for another. Turns out staff does not lie here at America By Bicycle! We only had 2 really steep hills that lasted less than 0.5 miles each, and then about a gradual incline that lasted about 2 miles, which was a piece of cake compared to yesterdays 600 feet incline in one mile! The rest was flat road with a beautiful tailwind that literally just blew us into Sacramento. So, really we made great time today! Only about 6 hours of riding, compared to the 11 hours yesterday. Of course, there was less stopping today, though the scenery was beautiful, once you've seen a beautiful field, you've seen a beautiful field so there was no reason to stop for a whole lot of photos. We did have to crawl under a few fences, and lift our bikes over the fences to get to our destintations due to construction/road work going on....those pics will also be posted....eventually! LOL!

The weather was perfect again today! And staff says the route tomorrow is going to be better than today, which is great cuz I heard day 4 and day 5 are pretty tough inclines!

Seriously though, I can't think of a strong enough adjective that can describe the "fun" I am having thus far. If I find a word even stronger than spectacular on the thesaurus later, I will defintely blog it here!

There were a few falls today, one which resulted in broken handle bars which were quickly replaced at a local bike shop.

That's all I've got for now. Hope you all are well! Talk to you later! M