This is my journey...in Video form

4,000 miles.  Thank you all I had a great time!  I'm now waiting in the Vancouver airport for my plane to leave.   There is sweat, saltwater, cake, dirt and champagne in my hair which I am pretty sure many people can smell...(but I did change out of my bike clothes!) 

I have a lot of fond memories thank you all!  <3>

Thank You sponsors for all your kind donations.  Thanks Rick Roberts for bringing me to the airport in Vancouver (and bringing me a box for my bike!) 

Lynden, WA - Richmond, B.C.

Soooo. We peaced out of America today.  Holy poop, I've (we've) made it to the other side of the country. Tomorrow there is 12 more miles to ride before its all over and the 4,000 mile journey across the states has come to an end. 

Again....THANK YOU TO ALL MY SPONSORS AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO READ MY BLOG AND SUPPORTED ME ALONG THE WAY!

Story of today.  

Who didn't get lost today?  I have no idea. 

Kristen, Derek and I ended up confused and in Vancouver early...as in we rode a minimum of 12 extra miles.  Shoot.   Our cue sheet wanted us to go on a 3 lane highway and when we started to go that way, we panicked, got off of it immediately because we thought it was wrong and headed back in another direction.   

It rained ALLL day which was a serious bummer since many of us had cleaned our bikes the day prior.  The morning part of the ride was all hills and the second half was all fast traffic. To top it all off, my back brakes ceased working so there was (and still is) no way for me to use the rear ones currently and since it is still raining I have yet to look at them to see what can be done. 

At this point with 12 more miles to go perhaps the best thing to do is to ignore the fact that they don't work all together and just have them fixed when I get home (Claremont Cycle Depot, you may have some work ahead of you...)   :)

Rockport, WA- Lynden, WA

RODEO in Lynden. awesome.   I saw a pink horse that was barrel racing. neat. 

Lynden was pretty neat, we were supposed to all go to a build site but there wasn't enough work for us all so about 18 people stayed back and cleaned the van and trailer instead.  Fun...

I got interviewed for the local paper in Lynden which was pretty neat, so that would be cool if sometime I saw the article, but who knows.   Along the way to Lynden we stopped many times to pick blackberries and to enjoy the beautiful weather.

Okanagun, WA- Rockport, WA

Need more uphill? Yes I think that you do! Do you want it to rain too? and to Snow? and then to have a croswhind that could push you off your bike? Well, I know the place for you! Its Washington Pass! Another 20ish miles uphill, but it was our last mountain pass!!!

And we are out of the cascades, which were much harder to travel through than the Rockies for sure. We hit some high peaks, but its all rolling hills from here!
woot!!

Omak, WA- Okanagun Natn'l Forest, WA

Need a dose on 18miles uphill? Why yes, I think that is just what the doctor ordered, thanks Okanagun! Rain, Rain would be helpful too. Since it was raining all day and we had to camp that night, gross. I claimed a spot in the van (..no I haven't slept in a tent at all this summer even when we were camping.) Oddly, enough there was no hurry to get in the van and one whole seat was left-over all night long, apparently people on this trip like to be cold and damp for thier morning bike rides?


Mazama! the last town for 74 miles... meaning...don't die on the mountain somewhere.

Republic, WA- Omak, WA

OOOOOHHH OOOmak. So we get over some more mountain passes today (since we are in the Cascades) and I didn't think that Omak sounded like a very big town, but apparently I was very wrong, It had a starbucks (in the middle of the Cascades...who knew?) Omak was where we collected a person, Brendan Newman (one of the big-wigs in Bike and Build) who will be joining us for the rest of the trip.

When I was loooking for a good sleeping place in the church, I came across this room that was just filled with inflated balloons. The lights didn't turn on in the room which kind-of made it even more fun because it was pitch black and Kathy, Quang, Chris and I were stumbling aound the dark throwing balloons everywhere. needless to say I didn't sleep in that room