But you shouldn't pick up hitchhikers...
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Lots of rain
Amy says they will get a motel tonight, and hopefully be able to update us about the ride. Here are two more pics. They hope it dries out soon.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Amy's map holder
Chris: I'm a little worried about reading the maps as we are biking
with a handlebar bag you can put it in the plastic cover on top and read the map as you are going
in some sections there are a lot of street changes quickly
me: i just made a cover yesterday
Chris: are you able to mount it to your bike
me: yeah.
its pretty ghetto
but i think it will work ok
Chris: what did you do
so i can copy you :)
me: ok i'm going to be awesome about this
hang on.
with a handlebar bag you can put it in the plastic cover on top and read the map as you are going
in some sections there are a lot of street changes quickly
me: i just made a cover yesterday
Chris: are you able to mount it to your bike
me: yeah.
its pretty ghetto
but i think it will work ok
Chris: what did you do
so i can copy you :)
me: ok i'm going to be awesome about this
hang on.
Chris "this looked easier on tv" Beeman
Name: Chris Beeman
Home Town: Cedar Hills Utah
Book: A short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Quote: "I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself." J.R.R. Tolkien
Most Excited to Leave Behind: the frighteningly recurring statement " i had to pee in a bottle and leave it in the back of the truck you didn't want me to pee on the lawn did you?"
What I hope to gain from this trip: Buns of Steel
Must have experience: 100 mile day!
Home Town: Cedar Hills Utah
Book: A short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Quote: "I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself." J.R.R. Tolkien
Most Excited to Leave Behind: the frighteningly recurring statement " i had to pee in a bottle and leave it in the back of the truck you didn't want me to pee on the lawn did you?"
What I hope to gain from this trip: Buns of Steel
Must have experience: 100 mile day!
Amy "does this jersey make me look hardcore?" Middleton
Name: Amy Middleton
Hometown: Fullerton, CA
Putting to the test the Heber J. Grant quote: "That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the nature of the thing itself is changed, but that our power to do is increased"
Excited to be reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "Fooled by Randomness"
Hoping this trip will help cure an internet addiction and a fear of speed. And that at some point I'll be able define the difference between poser and hard core, and I'll belong to the latter category.
Not sure what I'll miss most, but here are some guesses:
Hometown: Fullerton, CA
Putting to the test the Heber J. Grant quote: "That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the nature of the thing itself is changed, but that our power to do is increased"
Excited to be reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "Fooled by Randomness"
Hoping this trip will help cure an internet addiction and a fear of speed. And that at some point I'll be able define the difference between poser and hard core, and I'll belong to the latter category.
Not sure what I'll miss most, but here are some guesses:
- waking up and knowing where I am
- chocolate soy milk
- not living in fear of 18-wheelers, hills, and highways with no shoulders
- stalking Conan O'Brien
J "I just got this bike yesterday" Nuck
Name: J. Nuck
College, year, major: Stanford '05 History
Book For the Trip: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Why this trip? To escape the city, to breathe deeply, to sweat, read, write, think, to satisfy some wanderlust
Craziest life adventure prior to this one: Sleeping at the base of a glacier before entering the Peruvian jungle and then crossing a pass at 15,000 feet.
What she is most excited to leave behind: "Miss. Miss! He be mad beastin'. But I ain't playin' wit him. No, miss. I ain't playin'."
Biggest Fears: 1) Logging Trucks 2) What are we having for dinner? 3) Bike butt
What will she be wearing? Barack Obama bumper stickers
One experience she doesn't want to return home without having: Camping on a stranger's front lawn.
Quote: "Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins." - Edith Wharton
College, year, major: Stanford '05 History
Book For the Trip: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Why this trip? To escape the city, to breathe deeply, to sweat, read, write, think, to satisfy some wanderlust
Craziest life adventure prior to this one: Sleeping at the base of a glacier before entering the Peruvian jungle and then crossing a pass at 15,000 feet.
What she is most excited to leave behind: "Miss. Miss! He be mad beastin'. But I ain't playin' wit him. No, miss. I ain't playin'."
Biggest Fears: 1) Logging Trucks 2) What are we having for dinner? 3) Bike butt
What will she be wearing? Barack Obama bumper stickers
One experience she doesn't want to return home without having: Camping on a stranger's front lawn.
Quote: "Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins." - Edith Wharton
rejected blog names
westwardhoes (sorry, becca)
bloodsweatandgears
fromtheghettotothemeadow
saddlebaggage
saddlebagladies
harlemhandlebars
yourmomridesbikes
ghettopeddlers
asthewheelturns
igetbywithalittlehelpfrommylegs
bloodsweatandgears
fromtheghettotothemeadow
saddlebaggage
saddlebagladies
harlemhandlebars
yourmomridesbikes
ghettopeddlers
asthewheelturns
igetbywithalittlehelpfrommylegs
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