sounds of the pacific coast tour

the sounds that inhabit our trip:

early morning:

• pshhhhhh of everybody letting the air out of our sleeping pads
• creek of the bathroom door as we groggily change into spandex
• the pop of the lids of our bins as we open them to pack up.
• click click click of peoples’ clipped shoes (the ones who got ready fast)
• (note there are no talking sounds in the early morning)

on the bike:

• the constant whirrrr of chains spinning as we ride together
• the collective cachink cachink cachink- as we all downshift for a mountain
• the wooshhhh of the crashing waves to our left as we ride along the coast
• the roar of a vehicle approaching from behind- each distinctive to its type (except for pickup trucks and semis which incidentally sound exactly the same)
• the “woo!” of the first person to spot the van for a break

at the end of the day:

• there are no night sounds. except for the frequent off the wall comment at family dinner. and dance parties on occasion.