We took a few days to go to the coast and practice using our gear. Everything was loaded up into the truck and parked at John Gist's house in San Luis Obispo. The next morning we rode our bikes 40 miles up Highway 1 to San Simeon, where we set up camp for the night. The first day was sunny with blue sky. At the end of day one everyone had sore butts, but for the most part we all did pretty well.