 Packing bikes up is my least favorite part of bike touring. I really don't enjoy it But I am comforted by the fact that we will soon be on these bikes on the open road and that makes it all better That's true, that's true. It's more fun with somebody else. My friend Ari came to say goodbye. Hi, Ari. Bye You're gonna be sad. I'm leaving. No, I'm glad This is the big moment. We're in the car heading to the airport. His mom is driving us. Thank you so much And yes, I'm sad to be leaving Boulder. It's bittersweet. Boulder in the summertime is One of my favorite places on the planet, but I have a feeling right we're gonna have a good time For all of you bike travelers out there Southwest only charges 75 dollars a bike most other airlines It's like a hundred fifty dollars carrying our bike helmets our panniers and We have everything we need for the next two months right here the simple life Let me on the plane. Good luck Don't want to wear your helmet for safety safety first Tell what's on let's do this Awesome, so strong you take two bikes at once This is really cool And I call it road magic and road magic is when something happens when you're on the road a stranger Just comes to save the day. Well, it's already happening some woman named Nicolina wrote on my youtube video said hey I'll pick you up at the airport if you want You have any advice for us oh on the love thing I'd say in any relationship They're gonna be a lot of ups and downs and the trick to Longevity is to not think that when it's down, that's how it's always gonna be So wait it out. I like that very good. What about you Eva? What do you got to say? What do you got to say? She says always sleep on top of your person and then they can't get away First one to get it together you win the prize You know I get hugs all the time and a kiss and It's not too heavy. It's not too heavy. Yeah. Yeah, you don't have any water or food on it yet One bike to bike We got them together. We got we did it. We did it. Whoo. Who's that guy? Oh My god, you're probably wondering whose house we took over. This is my good friend Jason We were in the dorms together freshman year Farron Hall How you doing, but go boss It is day one of the bike ride and you're probably confused as to why we were sitting in a car But I will tell you the story We were originally going to just ride out of Portland to start riding east from here But then Nicolina who picked us up yesterday said if you want a ride to the coast to make this a true coast to coast ride We will give you a ride or my husband will give you a ride and that's what we're doing right now This is Anthony. How's it going bud? It's going great So Anthony is nice enough to be driving us to Astoria to the coast so we can dip our tires in the ocean, right Ali? This highway we're on has a lot of sentimental value to me It's highway 101 and I rode this highway in 2010 with my brother Ethan when we rode down the west coast and it was my first time ever seeing the coast of Oregon And it was beautiful We made it Close the beach is close. You cannot see it yet, but you are going to see it. This is for real now We're gonna start riding bikes Ready for it once Anthony leaves. We're on our own. We can't thank you enough my friend How cool are you to drive us out here? Glad I could help you guys out. Yeah, the answer is I'm really cool It feels really good to have Just a nice stranger set us off on the right foot. So thank you. Well, you're very welcome I hope you guys have an awesome trip. Yeah, we hope to meet a lot more Anthony's along the way and Nicolinas. Yes And do you have any do you have any advice for us? You've gone bike touring with your wife? Just make sure you guys are stick together. All right, and if someone's slower, you know, just ride together All right, I like it stronger rider and friend, you know, so the other can draft There's the Pacific It's hard to believe it. We finally made it here. All right. What do we have to do now? I think that we need to dip our tires in the ocean and Maybe dip our fingers in there too like Then make out and then make out. All right, sounds good. Let's do it So water is bad for bikes We have 3,000 miles ahead of us 3,000 miles of adventures and beauty and Open landscapes and starry skies and wonderful strangers that will become friends and It's gonna be amazing. I'm very very happy to be doing this Yeah, this is a dream come true. This is one of those trips in life Which is an absolute dream come true to be able to do something like this Somebody you love Feeling very fortunate right now