Location: Eugene, OR (Dave Moss’ house at U of O) First thing this morning, I had an interview with a reporter with the Jacksonville Daily News in North Carolina, and then we went down to the public library in Corvallis. It didn’t open until ten o’clock, so we waited outside for thirty minutes or so. […]

I woke this cold morning to the sound of Harley-Davidson exhaust pipes rumbling past my campsite. The downside of camping in an RV park is the noise of engines and boisterous children. The other downside is the light. Street lights and family campfires made my tent walls glow in the night, so much so I […]

Location: Otis, Oregon We left Tillamook early this morning after a brief shower, some bike maintenance, and a couple slices of cold pizza, leftovers from last night. We left the campground around nine o’clock, disappointed that our first few hours of energy and time would be spent backtracking. As it turned out, we only had […]

Location: Tillamook, OR Unfortunately I’m still in Tillamook. We had a pleasant ride along Oregon’s coast and we saw many sweeping views of the Pacific and the coastline. Much of the day we spent cycling on the flat roads around a large bay, through the towns of Bay City, Tillamook, Oceanside, and Netarts. There were […]

Location: Nantahalem Bay State Park Today we began our journey to bike across America. I am resting here in my tent with fifty miles behind me, and I greatly anticipate the forty-five hundred miles before us. Our first day has been filled with mishap, adventure, pain, and exhilaration. When we first set out from the […]