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June 28, 2005 - San Bernardino to Castle Crag, California - Day 01
Today's stats:
Miles rode = 677 - Average moving = 68MPH - Average day = 52MPH
Stop for gas = 4 times (G01 - G04 at the map)
Moving time = 9:40h - Total time = 12:30H
Average MPH = 41
Today's total cost = $114
Major roads today: I-10 W, I-210 W, I-5 N

We departed from home at 5:00AM sharp.
The freeways 10 and 210 were already packed, but not bad.
We stopped for gas 4 times and 2 more times for breakfast and lunch.
The I-5 is a really boring freeway, but at least wasn't too hot at that time in the morning.
Around 1:30PM we stopped for lunch at a Jack in the Box near Paterson, CA where our iPod stop working. Few minutes and I realized that was the cigarette charger adapter that wasn't charging. We did a small detour to I-580, towards Tracy, CA and stopped at a Wall Mart store. They have everything there.
We arrived at Castle Crag campsite around 5PM and we had plenty of time to choose a god place to pitch our tent.
The place had some mosquitos, and we had to use our DEET to get away from the bites, but the showers were really good (25 cents coins needed. 1 dollar =5 minutes of hot and good water.)
Our dinner was pea soup and crackers, with peach as a dessert.
We met a couple from Louisiana there and chatted for a while, and then went to sleep.
First night in a tent is not always the best one, but our gear is good, so we did well.
The high temperature we got today was 90F and the low was 52F.

	This is our 'crew': Mike (US), Rodolfo (BR), Angela (BR), Dolor (BR), Eliane (BR) and Elton (BR) on the night before our departing.
	This is all gear we took with us on our bike
	Eliane and I left early in the morning. By 7 we were way up in the I-5. We beat the heat doing that.
	This are the bags after all packed.
	Our traditional shadow picture.
	On the way up we saw many wild fires near the road.
	I-5 split to US-99 and I-5.
	Firefights dealing with a small fire in the divide of the road.
	More fire
	Passing thru Sacramento
	Many interesting transportation on the road...
	Finally we start seeing something nice. From home to Shasta lake there is nothing to see, but from now on will be better.
	Mt. Shasta view, right before our first camp night
	Camp site at Castle Crag. A good camp, with decent showers at U$1 for 5 minutes of hot water.
	Eliane in front of the flag at Castle Crag
	First time pitching this new tent... lets see how long takes
	That was fast... only 18 minutes... By the end of our trip we were doing it in 7 minutes.