Day One: The Cross Country Epic

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The day is finally here and today begins the first ever Trek Travel Cross Country USA trip! It is a beautiful morning as the sun rises over the tranquil ocean in Santa Barbara. Brave, competitive or just plain crazy, 23 men and women from 28 to 64 years old coming from all walks of American life line up on the beach at the beginning of this epic journey. After a ceremonial toe dip in the Pacific, the riders get started on what will probably be one of the biggest adventures of their life.

Riders and their Trek Travel guides are in good spirits as they head out onto Pacific Coast Highway, winding their way the 75 miles to the first nights rest in Valencia. With months of training and the California coast behind them, each rider sized up their own readiness for the 3000+ miles ahead. All were cheerful and excited, but always focused on the challenge, and the horizon.

On the menu for Tuesday: 89 miles through the Mojave desert as day two of Trek Travel’s first ever Cross Country USA trip plows across the country from sea to sea!