After 9 days of cycling (7 FULL days and 2 half days), today is a day off in Missoula, Montana. Certainly a difference from the drive of our others days. Can't say if this is typical as I've never done a ride like this and this is our 1st (of 4) days without cycling.
Slept in a touc…
Several of the cyclists have created blogs and are posting all sorts of pictures, videos, etc. Clearly more technologically skilled than I am, and clearly choosing to spend a lot more of our downtime as screen time than I am.
Here are some if you have interest:
YouTube.com Go to "pe…
We received t-shirts that read "Portland to Portland. We Will. Every Friggin' Inch". And that is certainly the sentiment of everybody on the trip.
And then reality intervenes: our ride today was cut short at 153 kilometres, 12 before our hotel at 165 km. After riding a good deal of th…
Leigh Cassidy, one of my cycling buddies on the trip, had a bad fall. He is in hospital on Portland, Oregon with multiple fractures and injuries. He is in good spirits and says he is being well care for. All on our trip send Leigh our best wishes for a full and quick recovery. Please…
Today was the first real day of riding. 163 km from Astoria to Portland. (Note to those whose charity pledge, like Carolyn's and mine, is on a per kilometre or per mile basis: my cycle jacket fell from my back pocket this afternoon and I rode an extra 4 km going back to look for it. …
