Washington down, 13 states and 1 province to go

We've reached Oregon!  It was glorious to cross a state line!  We had never bicycled across an entire state before.  What a mile marker!

We're having a good time with this group.  Everyone is very helpful- if you're starting to fall behind they will cheer you up, if you have a flat tire (praise God we have not yet) there's a crowd to help you patch or replace it.  These people also have a good sense of humor.  For instance, we keep statistics that we update as a group every night.  We track the number of flats we have each day and the number of accidents (they've all been minor so far, praise God again).  And then we track a random new stat each day.  One day a group of cyclists got 93 semi drivers to blare their horns.  And another day some bikers counted 29 discarded beer cases alongside the road.  I did a little stat of my own coming into Oregon- I counted 28 dust devils on the dry Sonoran Desert horizon.  Did you know the desert stretched all the way out here?  And can you believe I even cycled through a dust devil?  It was kind of scary, but OK.

Dave and I are getting some good press coverage.  I was interviewed to the Sea to Sea newsletter that you can sign up for on www.seatosea.org, Dave and I were both interviewed for a story to be printed in the Arizona Republic, and we talked to some local reporters here in Baker City, Oregon today too.  It's awesome that people are getting so excited about this trip. It reminds us that we are doing something really worth noting.

P.S. Here's a photo of Larry on his recumbent bike.  People tend to take notice of it as we cycle through small towns out here- it's definitely a little non-traditional.