May 11, Our last full day in Yorktown.

These things take forever!

With the anticipation of the big day tomorrow, Lisa needed a way to release all that energy.

Lisa and I with the good folks at "Back Alley Bikes". They were almost as excited as we were about our trip.

Since Krystal wouldn't be able to see us off in the morning, we said our good byes and took this parting shot. Thanks Krystal and Anthony for all the great help. You guys made things a lot easier.

Today was our last full day here in Yorktown. We finally made it to a bike shop where we were able to get the last of our needed items for the start of our journey. It rained most of the day, and the temperature dipped into the 50's, so Lisa and I did not get a chance to ride into old colonial Yorktown to check out where we would start like we had planned. We did take advantage of the situation and got a lot of organizing and packing done, including shipment of stuff that we didn't think we needed. I think we still ended up with way too much stuff, but since we have no clue about bike touring, we're going to see how it goes, and take it from there.

Tomorrow we meet Kevin Kubota. A local boy from Mililani who now is a school teacher in Richmond about 50 or so miles from here. We have been communicating via e-mail for the last few months about our trip. We became friends, and there is a good chance that his grand father and my father knew each other years ago in Lahaina......... He and his son will be riding with us part way tomorrow. Since it'll be the first time meeting him, I thought it would be nice to give him something from Molokai to share with his family. What would be better than good ole Molokai coffee.

Aloha everyone, we miss you already. Ted.