PORTLAND TO PARKERSBURG

Friday, June 18, 2010

Exhausting day! put in 74 miles into the wind and there were times I wanted to hang PJ but I remembered he/she is my only friend! Met three cyclists making there way across country. One lady from DC and 1 guy from Houston and the other from Georgia. There is a pic of the lady and two motorcycle guys I had lunch with. Also a picture of 4 people at my campsite who are super nice! The other pics are of the beautiful Columbia River Gorge near McNary, Oregon. I am staing in a little place called Wallulu. It is about 25 miles west of Walla Walla Washington. I am healthy but super tired. Tomorrow I am amking a short day and staying in Walla Walla in a hotel, doing laundry and site seeing. Love and miss you all!

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Anonymous19 June, 2010
Jeff T said

Madison and I read your updates together every day. How many total miles have you gone?
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Anonymous19 June, 2010
Kaylain said.......

Good Luck And I Miss Ya Too!!!!
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Jackson Starkey19 June, 2010
Hey. Thats nice that you also get to meet people who are doing the same thing as you. Hope that your short day gives you more energy.Hope that you are still having fun and being safe. We all miss ya!Be Safe and Have Fun
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liesa gates19 June, 2010
it sounds like you are doing well and having some fun day 5 - 48 left GOOD LUCK !
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When I think of the men, women, and children who suffer from disease and hunger throughout the world I realize the smallness of my endeavor. When I think of the men and women who serve in our military defending our freedom and spending months in foreign lands, I realize a 4000 mile bike journey is fairly insignificant. When I think of the elderly who spend the brief time they have left being lonely, and the animals who suffer at the hands of humans I am reminded that my journey is not very important.

My top 10 cycling pet peeves.

10. Any bicycle sold by Wal Mart. There isn't enough good metal in one to make a pie pan!
9. People who throw glass bottles out of car windows.
8. Any cyclist who feels the type of riding they do is the only type of cycling. I think it's great to see anyone on a bike.
7. Bicycle shops that charge to put air in your tires.
6. People throwing things from cars at cyclists. Really stupid!
5. People who yell out the window when passing a cyclist. They must not realize that all we hear is a squeal. Kinda funny actually!
4. Kids and young adults who ride through yards, weave wrecklessly through traffic and stop signs, and in front of cars, causing people to view cycling in a negative way.
3. Cyclists who ride in the road to prove a point. A little common sense goes a long way! I'm not going to argue with a red neck driving a 6000 pound truck with a dog in the back bigger than my bike! The goal is to ride, have fun, and get home alive! I do think we live in an area that needs to be more aware of cycling and hopefully people who ride often and correctly can have an impact on the way we are viewed by automobile drivers.
2. People who know they have dogs that chase bicycles and do nothing. Wonder if they would like them to be pepper sprayed. Of course not!! If its your dog or my legs, I'm choosing my legs!
1. People who don't turn on headlights when it isn't daylight. Maybe they think they are saving gas, too lazy to turn, push, or pull the switch, or maybe they think they are hiding in the dark.. Dumb and dangerous habit!!

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