Back to work July 29 / The Details of the ride

Elk
The Black Bear
Rainy Pass in North Cascades no traffic because we went under the gate. They were going to open the mountain up to traffic later that day.
Concrete Washington airport
I was hoping to leave a package of food here for Barb and David Curtis They were hiking the Pacific Crest trail. But to much snow......
Oreo Cow
Sand Hill Cranes
Gull flying by while I was walking around on the USS Badger
Cormorant's

You tell me. cross between a goat and cow?
A Loon
Deer
There were 3 eagles in this next.

A Bunny. I am told I need to get a bunny for my grandson Lucas whenever I get back home.

The USS Badger 4 hour Ferry Ride.
Blue water ferry ride going into Canada.
Pelicans
Fire station in Hope North Dakota
Buffalo



Hi I just wanted to say I am back at work now. I was to start back on July 29. So I had to make a decision to shorten my ride by 3 days. To be honest 3900 miles is enough. And I still got to see the views on the way to Portland Maine.

I had really worked hard on mapping out our Itinerary and making contacts with people , churches and so on before I was leaving for this Habitat Fund raiser,I looked forward to meeting all the people that I had contacted before the trip. After 2000 miles the other riders decided that they no longer wanted to do 65-90 miles a day rides , Which meant I would have to change my contacts and Portland was going to be my stopping point. That was fine with me. I still had a great time riding , Since they were going to be riding side by side I felt comfortable about leaving them and doing my own speed and getting off the road before the heat, Those of you that know me. I just don't do the heat well anymore. So we lowered the days to 50 or less to compromise my other 2 riders. The only days that I really rode fast was on Sunday morning so I could get to church . I really enjoyed that time .I was in prayer with the Lord and the views were overwhelming, The people that I made contact with were great. I had so much time on my hands that I got to see the town and be shown around and took out to lunch and just had a wonderful day everyday, My other 2 riders appreciated that accommodations where set up before they got into town. I told Barbara, "I never worry about where I am going to lay my head to sleep. God will provide and he did so. Every night.

I just wanted to give a few statics in case you wanted to know.









My friend Darlene Laubenstien and her sister Betty gave Carol and me a ride in a van to Washington State. we left Warrensburg May 11 and got to Washington May may 15. I was greeted by my Aunt Lorene and her friend Mike they drove 950 miles to see me off. Wow that was a treat. We met Barbara for the first time. May 16 we left Washington.









We had 26 nights free from Motels




4 nights from Warm Showers contacts(for Bicyclist) http://www.warmshowers.com/




2 nights at a airport lounge in Concrete Washington www.townofconcrete.com/airport




2 nights at a bunkhouse




18 nights in People's homes




16 nights in churches




1 night at a B & B




4 nights at a Lodge
http://www.bigbearhideaway.com/




1 night at a fire station in Hope ND ( no Pole)




1 night at a apartment complex they had a empty room




1 night at a retirement center




Every night was donated and I made some really good friends. Thanks for




making this ride possible.









We rode the USS Badger Ferry 60 miles 4 hour ride, I loved it, I walked around taken pictures it was great, You could not see any land . The water was a beautiful color. what a treat.




then we rode the Blue water Ferry into Canada, The last Ferry was into Vermont.









Different kinds of foods I ate.




In Canada they like Vinegar on their french fries




I ate Potine. which is fries brown gravy and cheese curds




I ate Wisconsin Cheese




Real Maple Syrup on ice cream




Rhubarb pie




Deer Steak




Lobster




Indian Fried bread









The Animals




3 bears,lots of woodchucks, gulls,yellow head black birds. sand hill cranes, foxes, coyote, a wolf, Buffalo, 2 baby owls,Elk, Seal Eagles and they other things that we see in Missouri.









Niagara Falls was great to see. Texas falls and The Oceans of coarse. The Blue Glacier on top of the mountain which it was so cold and I did not get a picture of it.