Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Pictures from Across the US

Things have been going well. Catie and I have been busy finalizing our flight details, how we're going to make it to NY for my brother's wedding, and figuring out how we're going to get our bikes back to Portland for less than the $175 that the airline wants to charge us. Looks like we can ship them via UPS for under $100. Funny how when we got our tickets it was only 50 bones to ship a bike and it's gone up $100 since we bought our tickets back in March.
A lot has happened since our last post. We made it to Clarksville ( With a little help from my Dad) and we've been enjoying the easy ( and clean) life for the past day a half. How wonderful it is to be clean, indoors with air conditioning ( a necessity in the south) and have the luxuries of home cooked food.
All that will change tomorrow once start biking again. We're planning on being in Lynchburg VA on the 14th to meet up with my uncles who will be giving us a lift up to Syracuse, NY.
Looks like we're going to have to drive the last bit instead of bike it from Lynchburg to Norfolk due to the wedding and time constraints. It's only 150 miles or so, but it's not possible to do it in 1/2 a day so we're renting a one way SUV for 60 bucks.
Plus we have to box our bikes and ship them before we get to the airport.
I hope all of you are well and look forward to getting back to Portland and seeing all of my friends and sharing stories of this adventure and to also start a dextox diet. We'll begin our veganism again once we get to Norfolk, where Mike ( Who is Nick's friend who works at PETA) will show us the vegan restaurants so we can get back into the veganism with a little class instead of a bowl of rice krispies and rice milk.....
1.Catie and I at the Kansas Colorado Border.



who knew that America had antelop. this one is a proghorn variety found in most of wyoming....
This is Dave...waking up in Larry's RV in Boone, CO.....

Not sure where this is....taking a break
Catie and the Irish Lads posing for a pre-meal picture. We made spaghetti + coors. What a great combonation...
Taking a break on the side of the road.....somewhere, USA
Dathai, Smoking + biking, a true Irishman.
Two guys we met in Encampment, Wyoming. Can't remember their names, sorry guys!

This guy ( Can't remember his name either) was hiking the Contenental Divide Trail. He's an inspiration because he biked from England all the way to China...via the middle east. Crazy.

Good luck!

Night Rider!
Not sure what happened here, but this is the last days of Dave's mustache...
mmmm....an all american salad. I can't wait to get back to portland...
worn down tires...


the highest point on our trip. 11,500 ft. in Colorado

3 comments:

Kendal said...

what an excellent mustache, Dave!

Nick said...

Oh, that's Dave with the mustache? I thought it was Dad for a second.

Nice flip flops, skirt, reflectors, and blinking lights. Does all that blinky stuff make you a flasher?

Maya said...

I NEVER think of witty comments like that, Nick. Good thing you do.
Love the pic's you two, thanks for posting them.
Dave, you've got yellow squash and quite a bit of kale growing in our yard (and chard too). Get ready for a feast of home grown veggies when you get home. I think it will beat the taste of the salad you have pictured there. ; )