Archive for June 2008

Blog: Thursday June 12, 2008 Day 13 Today we woke up and THE SUN WAS SHINING!!! If you’ve been keeping up with this blog, you know exactly how much rain we have been going through and finally, for the first time since we started out in Vancouver, we were able to wear shorts right from the start in the morning. The day started off with breakfast at the campsite in Newport, provided to us by wonderful hosts and consisting of cereal, bagels, strawberries and bananas. The sun put ...

Hi all! So the rider team is arriving in Newport, well into Oregon tonight. They've still been getting hammered by the rain as you've been reading, though word has it there is sunshine in the forecast for the next several days (finally!). They sent us a pile of photos last night, though internet access remains sparse. This team is so tight its amazing :) Jess P in Seattle The crew leaving Seattle ...

Check it out, more video from the first week of the ride - as always nice work putting it together Adam! http://www.sportsgist.com/video/1172

So I've found internet in the parking lot of the Tillamook cheese factory. At first I was sitting in the van, typing among bagels, peanut butter (generously donated to us by the Youth Center in Seaside!) cream cheese, bananas, and hungry riders, but unfortunately a large RV parked itself between me and the connection so I am sitting outside on the curb. It's chilly. But not raining!!! Finally, it's amazing how much everyone's spirits lift when the sun comes out. Not that I'd call this ...

**NOTE Due to Internet Access Problems this entry is from Friday! Read on though, its EPIC ;)

McCleary to Bay Center

We started off the morning with a marvelous selection of French toast cooked to various degrees based on the tastes of the consumers with porridge on the side.  Our ride began wiith a long stretch of road through evergreen forests layered with moss and ferns and it rained a lot.  again.  Barren hills peppered the landscape as logging trucks wooshed past us showering us ...

I've JUST gotten off the phone with the rider team and while definitely a little soggy, after the ferry from Seattle: they are peddling along on schedule and in high spirits, crossing into Oregon RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND.The ride into Oregon is via the most epic bridge crossing of the trip (and one of the most epic anywhere by bicycle):...

Check out this video put together from Day 1 of the ride: http://www.sportsgist.com/video/1162 Nice work Adam :)

So after a long, wet, bone chilling day on the bikes Tuesday the team had a well deserved day off in Seattle yesterday. We were split between the homes of two incredibly accommodating people, basically filling every nook and cranny of both homes and exploding with wet gear and tired bodies in all directions. These hosts, are good people. We can't express enough gratitude to the wonderful hosts along the way, schools, community centres, churches, bike shops, homes and all! The crew headed out on the ...

Just a quick one to get you folks some photos :) ...

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