Day One Monday June 16th 2008

11:00 meet with Teams Two and Three the Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento

We joined up with Team One when they arrived and with a Sacramento City Police Motorcycle escort we made our way to Capital Mall then East to the Capitol for our send off ceremony.  After several speakers and a prayer by Pastor Bud Locke of River Life Covenant Church we mounted our bicycles for the remainder of our escorted ride out to Will Keifer’s grave, all of us had carried a rose from the Capitol and we gathered around the grave where we individually placed our roses on the grave and were led in prayer by Mike the Team One driver. We then made our way back to Folsom Boulevard and east to the parking lot at the corner of Folsom Blvd and Power Inn Road. From here Team Two riders had left at Noon headed for Truckee. The Team Two riders who were with us were to meet them along the route to reinforce them for their climb up and over the Sierra’s Donner Pass.  Our team placed our bikes on the van and began the drive to Truckee.