Ladies and gents! The train and left the station and no worries I'm on it! Saying goodbye was kind of hard but my excitement far outweighs my worries at this point. Seeing everyone with all their bags brought me back to a complete team mentality. I truly felt like I was reuniting with family instead of friends and we haven't even arrived in New York! At the train station old riders and new riders intermingled and a strong sense of tradition, compassion, and love for this organization was as tangible as my heavy backpack. Brad and Ron helped me get my bike in a box and I literally felt like they were my older brothers. It was such an amazing feeling knowing that I was about to leave with great people and following the steps/pedals? of great people. Right now I'm on the train sitting with the one, the only, Katie Lindsay. Excellent train buddy so far I must say.Until next time,ElPs. Still on the train - now it's morning. I slept fairly okay: it was as if every two hours I had to wake up for a half hour. I should have pulled down my sleeping bag but I didn't til morning. The chair leans back and there is tons of leg room! When I got up this morning I faced the challenge of swallowing my MASSIVE vitamin. This thing smells so bad that I had to make everyone smell it. Yuck! Border control came around and that was kind of crazy. Anthony had a hard time but manny was a good advocator (what a good seat buddy). Pss. Now its noon and I'm up again! Katie left for a little so I spread out, had two sleeping bags, two train pillows -- it was glorious! Howevs I kinda missed her haha! I just added everyone's phone number to my phone and helped Lauren with her fear list (yup we have fears!). And now I'm going to eat some snacks!