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Day 13 –  June 30, 2001 Yakima, WA to Cle Elum, WA 67.34 miles  13.95 average speed 4:49.37 travel time 9:00am left Yakima 5:00pm arrived in Cle Elum  922.14 total trek miles             Cle Elum is a small valley town in central Washington adorned with pines, log fences, and gravel side roads. We arrived late afternoon after a fine ride from Yakima, whose auto population is not notably topped, as I thought it would be, with racks of the same name. It was nice to arrive early enough to have some time to enjoy the feeling of just sitting and going nowhere. We owe the early arrival to a variety of factors, one of which is not waking up early. I admit our struggle against the rising sun has been completely halfhearted, but I say that only for the convenience of colloquial expression because much more than half our hearts want to sleep in. We've made the conscious mistake of deciding when to wake up when ...

Day 12 – June 29, 2001  -  ROCKY'S B-DAY!  -  click here to send him an email Sunnyside, WA - Yakima, WA 43.81 miles  14.95 average speed 2:20pm departed 5:00pm  stopped in Washington 2:55:52 total ride time  855.14 total trek miles             We learned our lesson. Yesterday our bodies were screaming for us to stop and we didn't, so today we finally listened. We woke up when we woke up, which was late because we were sleeping in the basement. We ate a leisurely breakfast, played with the children, and slowly prepared for our daily ride. Joey and I have been having some knee problems which we have tried to keep quiet, but since they're getting better we feel we can now mention them. Mary, at whose house we were staying, gave both of us a essential oil massage that made both our knees feel fantastic. Going the extra mile was when she stayed up 'til midnight making us dinner. Massag...

Day 11 – June 28, 2001 Pendleton, OR - Sunnyside, WA 108.00 miles  12.84 average speed 12:00pm left Oregon 11.00pm  stopped in Washington 8:24:23 total ride time  811.33 total trek miles             For those of you who are close readers and check what we said we were going to do against what we are in fact doing, you will notice that we are beginning to name cities in these updates which have never been mentioned before, most particularly on our schedule. I'm sure most of you have figured out why, but for the few of you that haven't I will clarify. After day nine, we changed our schedule. I just don't want any of you to think the names of the cities have changed, that we have simply begun naming them to suit our fancy, or that the cities themselves have disappeared or been washed into the sea. I'm not being frivolously silly by saying that. One or two of the towns we were supposed to have passed...

Day 10 – June 27, 2001 Baker City, OR - Pendlelton, OR 111.03 miles  14.80 average speed 9:00am we started riding 9:00pm we stopped riding  7:30:08 total ride time  703.33 total trek miles             We spent a pleasant motel night, breakfasted on Safeway bagels and orange juice, and headed north. It was late morning when we finally set out because we had spent much of the morning preparing for rain. There is no rain prevention more effective than spending considerable time and energy preparing for it, but that doesn't just mean having your rain gear ready. That doesn't fool anyone. In order to absolutely ensure that it does not rain when all signs indicates that it will, you must in fact  put on  your rain gear. You must  show  the clouds your plastic-bagged feet and your yellow rain-caped body. Then it will understand and not rain. But the minute - no, the second - you dimini...

Day 9 – June 26, 2001 Fruitland, ID - Baker City, OR 84.93 miles  13.89 average speed 7:30am departure (Mountain Standard Time) 4:30pm arrival (Pacific Standard Time)   6:06:45 total ride time  592.30 total trek miles              Crossing time zones on a bike has to be one of the most exhilarating feelings one can experience while traveling. Now, I'm not including skydiving, which is hardly "traveling," or any of those extreme forms of transportation, which I hear can be quite exhilarating but in a different way that crossing time zones is exhilarating.  Many of you may think I'm just being silly with all this time zone exhilaration mumbo-jumbo, but I will tell you that when we were cruising down the interstate at twenty miles per hour and we passed the sign announcing our exit of the Mountain Standard Time Zone and our entrance into Pacific Standard Time Zone, I felt the power one feels when...

Day 8 – June 25, 2001 Boise, ID to Fruitland, ID 57.83 miles  16.97 average speed 3:30pm departure 8:15pm arrival   3:24:38 total ride time  507.37 total trek miles             I'm not sure if whoever said that all good things must end is right, but I do know that our stay with the Bates Family had to end sooner or later. It felt a little like we were leaving home for the second time, but we had to wait until the afternoon to feel that way.  What I mean is our plan to get an early start was foiled quickly by bike repairs and our general stupidity.             When we finally did get off, we each felt like a million bucks because of the weekend of rest. That's five million bucks if you add all us up. With all that good feeling goin' on among us, it was no wonder we got to Fruitland in so short a time. It would be nice to attribute all ...

Day 7 – June 24, 2001 Boise, ID Day of Rest 449.54 total trek miles             Our desires have become very simple since we started the bike trip. On the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, we are definitely operating on the lowest level. Warm food and a carpeted floor is all we require for complete satisfaction. Of course, all of our generous host families & friends have gone way beyond that and spoiled us rotten. We awoke this morning to the most glorious day of all, our first rest day!             We all rolled out of bed fairly late compared to a normal ride day, as church didn't start until 11:30 am. Imagine sitting and singing the opening hymn in Sacrament meeting (comparable to mass) when in walk four bald men and an afro wearing zip-off pants and sandals. We created quite a stir. The Bates, our wonderful hosts for the weekend,  enjoyed explaining ...

Day 6 – June 23, 2001 Mountain Home, ID to Boise, ID 49.72 miles  12.55 average speed 11:30am we put on spandex 4:30pm we took off spandex   3:57.42 total ride time  449.54 total trek miles             Today was our shortest day since Monday.  Even still our bodies ar e in drastic need of recovery and so this shorter day and tomorrow’s day of rest are welcome.  On one hand it is amazing to think that our first week is over, but on the other the day we left seems like months ago.  I suppose that happens when you are forced to count every mile.              We are staying this weekend with the Bates Family, a family Rocky, Dan and I know from California.  They are treating us, again, royally and driving us around on all our “biking” errands.              ...

Day 5 – June 22, 2001 Twin Falls, ID to Mountain Home, ID 94.43 total miles 13.27 average speed 8:15am departed Twin Falls 9:00pm arrived in Mountain Home   7:06.43  total ride time 399.82 total trek miles             We woke up pretty early but didn’t get out until around eight.  The first part of the day was fine:  We were full of energy and life.  Then came the hills, one hill right after another.  Then another hill right after that.  And then another.  They never stopped.  We did stop, however, several times.  At one point, we were fairly convinced that our rendezvous with death had arrived.  Somehow, I’m not sure how, we pedaled to Mountain Home, ate at Jack in the Box and got a motel room.  Exciting, huh?

Day 4 – June 21, 2001 Malta, ID to Twin Falls, ID 84.22 total miles 15.81 average speed 8:35am departed Malta 8:30pm arrived in Twin Falls   5:19.38 total ride time  305.39 total trek miles             Today was probably our fastest riding day so far.  We made excellent time from Malta to Burley, traveling about thirty-eight miles in two hours.  When we arrived in Burley, we stopped at a certain Zane Parker’s house.  We had never met him before but he and his wife Jean were extremely hospitable.   They fed us a great lunch and actually had a newspaper reporter come to interview us and the article with a picture came out the next day.  We crashed on their floor for about an hour and left their lovely home at around four o’clock.             Our ride to Twin Falls was uneventful.  We j...

Day 3 – June 20, 2001 Tremonton, UT to Malta, ID 90.19 total miles 12.38 average speed 9:10am departed Tremonton 7:45pm arrived in Malta 7:12.11 total ride time  221.17 total trek miles             Our readers might notice that our intended destination for today is not the one to which we actually arrived.  It is not hard to know the reason, for our target mileage for today was a trifle over one hundred twenty.  That  was  an extremely optimistic, as well as a rather inane, goal.  Our weakness fixed that oversight and very soon we realized our bodies would not carry us all the way to Burley like we first hoped.  So we settled into the idea of traveling “just” to Malta.             We rode to Snowville on Interstate 84 over enormous hills.  In Snowville, people began to come up to us and ask...

Day 2 – June 19, 2001 Salt Lake City, UT to Tremonton, UT 90.79 miles 14.14 average speed  6:24.54 saddle time 3:00.00 rest time 9:24.54 total time 130.98 total trek miles             The light turns red on a Salt Lake street and the six bikers dressed to look like each other roll to a stop.  The leader is riding a bright green bicycle with different colored rims and always looks a bit anxious to be on his way.  Next to him idles a dirty cranberry pick-up waiting, like he, for the light to change.  The green-bicycled biker turns to the passenger of the pick-up with a winning smile and blurts, “You going to Canada?”             “No,” replies the passenger after a nervous glance to the driver.             “We are,” the biker retorts lightheartedly and accelerates t...

Day 1 – June 18, 2001 Provo, UT to Salt Lake City, UT 40.19 miles 13.97 average speed  2:52.39  saddle time  41.00  rest time 3:33.39 total time We woke up in our own beds the last time for about six weeks.  None of us is very upset about that since the smell of bikes, grease, tires, and the five of us had accumulated and grown to be somewhat noxious. At noon, the camera crew from KUTV Channel 2 arrived as promised and we all lined up outside on the street with our laden bikes, our bodies clad in lycra and our newly shorn skulls shining like new dimes.  Dan gave a stellar interview, two and a half seconds of which aired, and we rode off, joined by Andrew’s father, Fred, at around twelve-thirty in front of a trailing KUTV van. Many friends gathered to see our departure, the most notable of whom was Jamie Gibson.  She, sadly, has the disease EB. Before we left, however, she gave us all bead necklaces she had made for g...

Glad you could join us on our Trek. One of the things we're most excited for is to meet new people and tell them about our cause and learn about their part of the country. We also hope to share with you some of the beautiful scenery we encounter. Click on each day for a small journal entry and pictures.   Total Miles   Week One Week Two Week Three   Day 1 - June 18 Day 2 - June 19 Day 3 - June 20 Day 4 - June 21 Day 5 - June 22 Day 6 - June 23 Day 7 - June 24 Day 8 - June 25  Day 9 - June 26 Day 10 - June 27 Day 11 - June 28 Day 12 - June 29 Day 13 - June 30 Day 14 - July 1 Day 15 - July 2 Day 16- July 3 Day 17- July 4 Day 18- July 5 Day 19- July 6 Day 20- July 7 Day 21- July 8 Week Four Week Five Week Six Day 22 - July 9 Day 23 - July 10 Day 24 - July 11 Day 25 - July 12 Day 26 - July 13 Day 27 - July 14 Day 28 - July 15 Day 29 - July 16 Day 30 - July 17 Day 31 - July 18 Day 32 - July 19 Day 33 - July 20 Day 34 - July 21 Day 35 - July 22 Day ...

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We would like to thank those who are contributing to the treatment. Thank You.   Carbon Fiber Bike Division ($1,000 and above) Gary and Lynn Anderson Fred and Candy Berthrong Dan Campbell Blair and Sue Garff Morrison & Foerster Foundation Charles E. McHaney (In honor of Marion Paton) Mary E. Norris Family Trust Dennis and Joan Norton Joan Osborn The Bob Whitman Family Force For Good Foundation Brent and Jeniel Dickson/Lucas Signatone Titanium Bike Division ($750 - $999) Mark Peterson The Severson Family Aluminum Bike Division ($500 - $749) Berry Properties, Inc. (In memory of Chuck & Christine Anderson) Dr. Paul Alan Cox Laurie Garff Al and Maureen Lane Thomas and Holly Love Deborah and David Ballati Jana and Daryl Raines John and Becky Whetten Steel Bike Division ($250 - $499) Carol and Earl Benson E. Candace Berthrong John Green and Lisa Cameron Ed and Janis Cherry Mark and Norma Formanek Melvin Goldman John and Linda Halliday Thoma...