Here we go!  Each of these bike trips has felt so different than the others, but all of them share this amazing sense that who knows what the heck is going to happen.  As always, I'll be tracking my ride on this blog, blogging every day (or almost every day) with how far we've gone, what I saw that day, and pictures, pictures and more pictures!  Just a reminder that I have all my past blog posts up at www.adamhunter.net/blog_posts.html.  Also, I run an instagram account called calmofinfinity.  There should be a ton of pictures up there this year; I've sworn I'll keep it updated.  Also, big thanks to anyone who has donated already.  If you can spare it, it's a very worthwhile cause.  Please donate at http://www.biketheusforms.org/cyclists/detail.asp?cid=1125.  

Yesterday we went out to a 5 star spa at the Encore.  It was amazing; I posted a few pictures below.  The contrast was really amazing; here I was being pampered in this luxury, when in a few days I'll be sleeping on the ground in (potentially) the cold and rain.  And I wouldn't have it any other way.  I've always lived in two worlds, and never has it been more apparent to me than now.  Life has taken so many strange twists and turns, but I've never felt more positive and at peace about my life than lately.  Which is not to say that everything is perfect, far from it, but rather that I feel confident than I can handle things.  Each of these trips has held a very different place in my life and in my heart.  Three years ago I was desperately searching for something.  Last year on the TransAm I wanted friends and community so bad it hurt.  Then on the Pacific Coast I was after a sense of belonging, of selfhood, of an ability to be in control.  This year, this trip almost feels like a victory lap of sorts.  I know there are many challenges ahead but this trip doesn't feel like a journey towards or away from anything but rather just a lull.  A very eventful lull I'm sure, but it's interesting that I don't have any particularly obvious goal this time around.  I'm just open to whatever comes, and to seeing old friends, maybe making a couple of new ones.

Please donate if you can, but even if you can't, follow my ride!  I assure you it won't be boring.  :)