Well - the rain stopped and we went out for our first run together on the new bikes.  I wanted an easy route so my first experience would be a positive one.  Of course, where we live the choice is hills, big hills or mountains.  Having selected the least hilly option, I still felt like I wouldn't get to the next 'pueblo' let alone to the UK and back!  Still - this is all my idea, so I have to convince Ken that it really isn't a problem.  Fortunately, we did a little better as we went on because we realized that we were just trying to go too fast.  We slowed down and took our time and it all went a lot better. 

Now I'm a bit concerned about how many kilometers we will be able to cover in a week.  I have been working to the plan that we would cover 100 km a day with two rest days off each week, giving a total of 500 km a week.  We might need to reduce the weekly distance which would mean extending the time away or changing the route.  I think I'm going to have a few more trial runs before making a decision.