Archive for May 2007

Hey all,   This is Paul Flues. He rocks. Everyone should go to his restaurant in Astoria. So, today Christina, Isobel and myself (Sean) went for dinner at an awesome little cafe called Urban Cafe in Astoria, a gorgeous town in northern Origon. Paul was super cool - a social entrapaneur and change agent in his own right. Completely by coincidence, the restaurant's slogan was "social change one bite at a time" - so cool! The food was fantastic, and ...

Hello all, We have all arrived safely in Astoria, Oregon. Today was a fairly relaxed day. The major highlight was crossing the bridge from Washington State into Oregon. It is a mile and a half long with a very narrow shoulder. It starts out with a good sized up hill, followed by a decent decline, then it is flat for a long time. Then we all looked skyward at the massive steep hill in front of us, and shifted into a ...

Hi crew, Just a quick one to get us started but its already been a pretty epic couple of days! We're currently cozied up in a church in the small town of Stanwood, Washington St thanks to the efforts of Laird and Meagan as we wandered around trying to find a campsite. The church has set us up with a couple of rooms, access to internet, and the pastor even let half the team come to his house to shower (yes, seperately)! So as I write this ...

Ok, so this all seems pretty real all of a sudden. We're on track to push off with those first peddles toward Mexico in basically one day from now. I haven't packed anything yet. With a goal in the organization as audacious as "nothing less than to change the world" our work is cut out for us. This ride is going to be one heck of a good start and an adventure that we'll all be talking about for the rest of our lives. Its been ...