Thank you to Kathy for riding along with me today. She sent me mellow chill vibes to start the day calm cool and collected. A perfect match to the beautiful scenery of the Clearwater river that we followed through the mountains all day. Also a shout out to the YMCA Zumba class for your support- […]
Day 9 laboring into Lolo Read More »
Kamiah – pronounced like in a Jersey “Kaam-eyah” Thank you to Carol, AGAIN, for riding with me today. She chose a Red Hot Chili Peppers for my morning get up and go soundtrack. Much needed as it was an early start with a lot of climbing today. That nice little slope, kinda looks like a
Thanks to Meagan for being my ride along today. She lead me out of Walla Walla with ‘Fever’ by Toad the Wet Sprocket. Today was a step down from our Oregon experience. We had early 16 miles of chunky chip seal road with a slow constant incline- but this didn’t last all day- praise the
Thank you to Kari for being my ride along Monday. She had me thinking of Harry Styles and humming ‘Watermelon Sugar’ all day! What can I say about Condon? A lone town in the middle of vast, never-ending fields of wheat. That’s probably why this town produced THREE Nobel laureates. They had to use their
Thank you Lissa for being my ride along today. Your fun facts and inspiration made this REALLY TOUGH DAY more bearable! Here’s a fun fact from Lissa : You have made it to the Dalles!!! WOW! The site of what is now the city of The Dalles was a major Native American trading center. The
What is this, day 4? Read More »
Portland has it going on! We, the ‘A’ group aka slow folk/caboose, started at 8:30 and were on bike trails out of the city and on and off throughout the day. I am impressed! Had a few setback/ detours and we all had to ride on the interstate for a while longer to access our
Day 3 Portland to Hood River Read More »
Thank you to Colette for being my ride along today. Engines were raving high, I had tech issues with my Garmin and increasing discomfort with my saddle so it was lovely to have her music to listen to and keep me focused on having a good time and relaxing into this rather long leg. Love
Day 2 Astoria to Portland Read More »
Day -1 in Portland, OR. I made my way a few blocks to my super chill massage. Portland was barely awake at 9:30 with hardly any traffic past the courthouse and not-yet-open retail spaces. There seems to be a public art theme of cats around town. I also got lost looking for a post office
‘Twas the night before PTP… Read More »
So last week I went through the itinerary and mapped out on a 2007 Rand McNally were we were going. I’m a visual learner and I didn’t know where some of these small towns were. Like Hermiston, OR and Ticonderoga, NY. They turn to be pretty far apart… and I learned also that we move
