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Gearin' up
Just got the training wheels off!We’ve quit our jobs, packed our bags, and we’re going for a little bike ride ...across the US
We're just getting our gear together, but we'll be hitting the road on Tuesday (May 10th). The plan is to pedal from Southern California to Virginia… or Canada if we don’t feel that 3,200 miles is enough. Barring accidents, failed joints, or break-ups… we’ll get to dip our tires in more than one ocean. We hope to succeed or fail before August, when at least one of us is due for grad school in North Carolina.
Our friends are already lending us a hand.
Before we leave, they’ve made sure that we DON’T GET BIG HEADS, by sharing some predictions about the events that ahead of us…
Smallest Town We'll Ride Through...(pop.) Alexis: 10
Jason and Chrissy: 33
Brian: 9
Largest Roadkill Sited... Forest: Forest
Ethan: Elk
Gennifer: Moose
Jason and Chrissy: Armadillo
Highest Elvation Reached... Alexis: 2,000
Bart: 5,000
Charles and Nicole: 9,600
Most Miles Biked in One Day... Charles and Nicole: 111
Alexis: 80
Ethan: 119
# Times chased by dogs: Brian: 6
Gennifer:3
Anne: 0!
# Times Mentioned in Local Paper: Ethan: 5 local papers, 9 international
Bart: 2+CNN
# Times Invited into Someone's Home/RV/Trailer: Alexis: 1
Gennifer: 7
Ethan: Too many times
# Objects Thrown at Us... Anne: 0 at me, 5 at Forest
Gennifer: 666
Brian: Fast Food (?)
# Flat Tires... Nicole and Charles: 11
Jason and Chrissy: 0 - "don't let us down!"
Most Days without Shower... Forest: "Shower?"
Bart: 13
Place Where We'll Run Out of Conversation... Brian: Bakersfield
Bart: San Bernadino
# Catcalls... Jason and Chrissy: 50
Ethan: Anne-20, Forest-2
Alexis: 0 (ouch!)
# Other Cross-Country Riders Met... Gennifer: 23
Ethan: "nobody else would be that stupid"
# British Pubs Sited... Ethan: 56
Nicole and Charles: 11
Dumbest Questions Asked... Ethan: "You guys are riding bikes, eh?"
Brian: "Are you tired?
Nicole and Charles: "Are you guys from around here?"
Our friends also gave us a few requests of things to take photos of along the way: Amish people, car art, buffalo, someone taller than Forest, cactus, The Alamo, Anne biking on a cell phone, Tumbleweed bigger than Forest, Children under 10 operating a tractor, "The Breaking Point" ("you'll know when you come to it").
We are still taking bets for number of collective pounds lost, most affordable gas sited and cheapest motel room procured (yes, we plan to take a couple of night off from camping).
Tuesday (May 10th) is our first day on the road. The only training we've done so far is eating... a lot. So, for now, we're hoping just to get out of site of the Pacific. We’ll be updating this travelblog as we go, so stay tuned for more photos, maps, and lies.
We’d appreciate comments that you’d like to add to the journal, but we should warn you that all comments that are not funny or flattering enough may be edited. To add comments, just click the view and add comments link below. If you’d prefer to email us directly, use the contact link (below) or email us at forestbaker@hotmail.com or anniekallus@yahoo.com. Cell phone usage will be extremely limited.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Annie and Forest
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good luck!
good luck and I need a picture of every state capital you encounter...btw, do you have a mascot? i.e. small garden gnome will you please go through Little Rock, AR! you gotta go see Holyfield, right?! - Josh Miller