JWPT Take 2! - Day 0

After seeing our struggles and triumphs on the JWPT, and me throwing out ideas, Nick decided that he wanted to ride a portion of the trail and see what it was like.  We planned for a couple of months and trained for about 6 weeks. It was pretty funny to complete our training rides and see signs for an upcoming marathon and know we were going much further!

We chose the latter part of September to ride due to scheduling and intended to ride from Duvall to the Prater Road detour, turn around and ride back home.

We used our Specialized hybrid bikes with touring tires, 4 panniers each, I had a handlebar bag and Nick had a small stem bag for holding snacks.  We did not have a satellite tracker, but gave our route to family and friends and also used our Garmin GPS unit which had emergency capabilities if we had any difficulties.  I knew that for the section of trail we'd be riding we would have occasional cell reception and could check in as needed.

Day 0 saw much packing, planning and putting things together as we intended to start our day bright and early...

JWPT Take 2 - Day 0