Vanguard U. Are Great

We arrived in Costa Mesa, CA at Vanguard University late Friday afternoon. It is a small university that is hosting our tour for the weekend activities before we begin riding on next Monday. They are making our stay enjoyable, with good food and a handy location, only about 4 miles from the Pacific ocean beach area. We made a last minute change and did not take our own pickup truck, as the tour had a van that needed to be driven out to California for the tour and we wanted to eliminate any extra vehicle expense costs to the tour.

We had four of us ride out together in the van......Julie and I, our grandson Adam, and Brandon Haan, a recent Calvin Seminary grad who asked for a ride along. Brandon fit right in and we had a great time with him.

I am a little short on time for writing a blog tonight and will just attach a few photos of our activities to date. Adam and I did ride out to the beach with 5 others this afternoon and put in about 18 miles round trip. It was great to get on a bike again, after missing several days with getting ready to leave home and then the long 3 day ride out to CA.

Tomorrow afternoon we have a celebration worship service with area churches and I believe our former Pastor Tim will be speaking. We look forward to seeing him and Patty tomorrow. In late afternoon we will ride out to Newport Beach for our tire dipping ceremony and prayer time and then get ready for our first day ride out to Redlands.

That's it for now.