I have been training since February 2009 with the goal of completing a cycling tour from Portland, Oregon, to Tybee Island, Georgia in 30 days. The PAC Tour group embarked on July 5th and we are traveling about 3600 miles and climbing approximately 124,000 cumulative feet. Please enjoy sharing my journey across America.
I am asking friends, family, and anybody else interested in following the trip to consider supporting this trip by making a donation to Seattle Children's Hospital, Research, and Foundation. Art and Kristin Reeck have made Children's a priority in their philanthropic efforts over the years, and I laud their achievements. I encourage donations to the Uncompensated Care Fund, to help pay the bills for children without insurance, or with inadequate insurance to pay their bills...lifting the financial and emotional burden from the children and their families. Indicate Jay Across America as the occasion for the donation so we can total the money raised.
Hopefully, someday, we won't have to raise money for causes like this. For now, however, I thank you for your support.
The donation total will be updated occasionally...Consider a donation per mile or vertical foot climbed...and follow on the GPS link, where you can see the route, the speed, the ride profile, the weather, and-yes-my heart rate.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Sunday June 21 - Scott River, Northern California

Tim invited me along for a scenic ride along the Scott River in Northern California. We started at Fort Jones and turned around just past Scott Bar, before the Scott merges with the Klamath River. We had a great group of riders from the Medford-Ashland area as well as Yreka...the pace picked up as we headed away from Fort Jones...and I'm pretty sure I some some hammers being dropped along the way. I didn't get a chance to snap any pictures, which is a shame, because it's absolutely beautiful going along the river with the hills towering above. I needed to concentrate, however, to keep the pace with the crowd as we motored along at an average of about 19.5-20 for the 60 mile ride with over 3000 feet of climbing. Kudos to Bill for converting to a 2 speed on the return after his rear derailleur cable failed!
This picture has nothing to do with today...but I love it; Paul and Babe on the coast of Northern California hanging out at the Trees of Mystery (yes, that's a car in the foreground.)

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