I just missed the ribbon cutting ceremony after which we had to start our engines and take off on the highway today. It was held in front of this truck which proudly displays the reason we’re travelling cross country this month.

This is the San Francisco skyline behind the staging area for this morning’s convoy kickoff. It was a beautiful sunrise on the bay.

As we drove over the Bay Bridge today I tried to get a good shot of Alcatraz.

We’re not going to drive across the Golden Gate Bridge but I did get to see it on a beautiful sunny day here in San Francisco.

Here’s some of the drivers of the convoy vehicles at the Lincoln Park staging area for tomorrow morning’s kickoff event. We got a lesson and view of our course for tomorrow through San Francisco.

Here’s what I think we’ll be seeing most of tomorrow, at least the lead vehicle in our Interstate Celebration convoy will.

Part of our training session here in San Francisco prior to departing on our cross country trip to celebrate the interstate involved becoming certified in the Highway Watch program administered by the American Trucking Association in cooperation with the U. S. Department of Homeland Security. Our trainer was Jeff Beatty, founder and president of TotalSecurity.US.