Day 1 – San Francisco to Santa Cruz, 82 miles

We learn at the opening ceremony that we’ve raised over

Here I am starting my ride of 545 miles to Los Angeles.
It’s my twelfth AidsLifeCycle Ride.
That’s 6,500 miles if you’re counting.

Sunday at 5:00AM we head to the Cow Palace for the opening ceremony for AidsLifeCycle 2019

6:15 – CEO Lorri Jean of the Los Angeles LGBT Center and her counterpart at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation officially open the ride

6:34 as the long procession starts leaving the Cow Palace

Just outside the Cow Palace and headed up Geneva on the way to Santa Cruz for the day

6:45 — On up Geneva on a great start to Day One