Photos from the road

A beautiful view of tent town with sunset ... perhaps sunrise












Lisa and Claire after riding behind Bob on a rainy day...laundry was in order for the afternoon.

Water stop with one of the SAG (support and Gear) vehicles












Biking in Eastern Washington

Bob and Lisa in the news

http://www.kvewtogo.com/news-video/?mgid=3695

Week one completed

I just got a call from Lisa...she sounds so good on the phone. They have completed their first week of riding. The spot they are staying is "gorgeous", the temperatures are "awesome" - mid 70's. The Sunnyside CRC made an "incredible" Hispanic meal for them. Laundry is done, and they are looking forward to going tubing tomorrow.
She said that she and Bob were interviewed by the local news station. I will let you know if we get anymore information on that.
Lisa hopes to email some pictures for me to post soon.
Jane

Irony

I was up a lot last night....it bothered me that I am worried about whether my daughter can eat 5 meals a day, when some mothers worry about whether their child will get a single meal.
Jane

Short Day

It looks like you will be getting more updates from me. It took Lisa an hour and a half to update the blog due to incredibly slow Internet access.
Lisa called early this morning to tell me about their night. They are staying at a school and the automatic sprinklers went on at 1AM. Yes, they are in tents...
They called tonight and said they were done riding by 10:30 that's AM. They really wanted to get their miles done early because of the 100 degree temps they are experiencing. They said it was a beautiful ride, but no where to stop. Tomorrow looks like a similar ride.
On these shorted days Lisa has been doing OK, but on those longer days she has had trouble getting enough calories in. It will take some experience to learn to eat about the equivalent of 5 meals a day. I remember when Bob and I rode cross country we began putting loads of peanut butter and cream cheese on our bagels just to increase our calories. Hopefully she can figure it out quickly.
We got a huge amount of rain in GR. Kari and I stopped home briefly to borrow the Knotts steam vac to begin the process of drying out the basement. The Knotts so kindly went back in our house today to continue the process. I am learning to ask for help. Kari and I will have a very busy week out here at camp and my final presentation is next Thursday.
Please continue to pray for Bob and Lisa as they cycle and Kari and I as we try to manage the home front, the camp front. Please pray for our family as we miss each other...especially when the Holiday is usually family time.
Jane

Finally after climbing for 25 miles, we made it to the sign. At least the slow ride up was beautiful! The 20 mile downhill on the other end did not hurt either.

At one of the SAG stops (this one was at the top of our 2nd 4000 ft pass)