Day #9 Home sweet home

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Metal cowboys, that's what we are, it's what we felt like anyway(as you see in the picture, my saddle bags off the bike). Freedom on our bikes, it's an all familiar feeling. Crossing borders, international ones even, were no obstacles. Countless people, from all ages and ethnic backgrounds met. Unfamiliar terrain discovered and conquered(so our next trip would definitely be much easier). To me, this vacation is also an accomplishment, a longtime dream, finally realized.

We are done with this tour! Yay us! Because of this Friday deadline, we were not able to make it all the way to Portland on our bikes. Instead, we traveled out of downtown Seattle to just north of Tacoma and waited for our buddy Matt to pick us up with his car, nice guy isn't he? He brought us to Seattle last Thursday and picked us up/took us home after our tour. Thank you so much Matt!

At least 450 miles traveled on human power, in 7 days of riding. That's about a metric century(62 miles) a day. We are very proud of ourselves. Thank you all for visiting our blog page, see us on our next adventure. ~TEAM ZOIC(Manny and Rene)

P.S.

Below are some pics that were taken but were never submitted in the previous entries. I would've taken pictures today but the battery in the camera was "exhausted". To make up, here are some honorable mentions: (and oh by the way, the pics below were taken by my cell phone camera! not too shabby eh? LG VX8600)

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Photos

Saddle
This set up weighs about 3X more than the rest of the bike...really! It was impossible to work on my flat tire with it on so Rene and I took it off my bike.

Seattle's Best
This picture is from day #1, right before leaving Seattle.

Creek
Cheese!

On the Centennial Trail
We loved this trail, it was so long, wooded, and safe!

You wanna what??
Some kind of fun :)

Call her! She is waiting for you Rene!
Rene is getting excited haha!

Comments

[Diego]

Nice Work!
Nice work guys! My legs get tired just looking at the pics! It amazing you guys can travel the distance day after day. The pics are great too. I'm sorry it took me so long to write. Blasted!

[Nat]

Mission Possible!
Thank god- mission completed! Excellent job! BTW: So you loved that trail that was so long, wooded, and safe, hugh? Well, don't look now, but I think I see a bigfoot in your midst. DON'T TELL MIGUEL! He'll demand a full report. lol!

[Nina]

Wow! What an accomplishment! =)
You two are amazing! Thank you so much Manny for sharing your trip with me. No wonder you got buns of steel! lol =) 450 miles....Wow! I bet your booty was sore! =) I cant even imagine. Oh and btw, you look so handsome in your riding gear! =) Way to go for completing a long time dream and creating priceless memories! Seeing you so passionate about something that you love is inspiring and a reminder for all that life is too short. When it is all said and done it is not the cars or the homes that we have that will be remembered, but our memories that we create. Way to go Cutie! =)