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.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

July 4th

I drove up to Portland this morning to get to Troutdale (just east of Portland, Oregon) where we're starting tomorrow morning. I met my uncle Jerry in Canby, checked out his garden, and then he drove up to Troutdale with me, where we met my dad (Art)...who flew his plane down from Seattle. Conveniently, our hotel is across the street from Troutdale airport.
I registered up...and met Lon and Susan! After a quick lunch with Jerry and Art, I took off for a quick 30 minute spin to make sure the bike and the legs still work. Thanks to Uncle Jerry for taking the car for the next month! I got to see Art take off and turn north across the Columbia River when I was riding past the airport.
After a rider meeting with Lon, we headed up to McMenamin's for dinner. For those who don't know, McMenamin's is a company in Oregon that has purchased historical buildings and facilities and converted them into restaurants, breweries, distilleries, and hotels. We had a massive feed there...and now it's time to chill, pack, and sleep!
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