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.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Oklahoma day 17





Ooops, left my computer in the van...so I'm using the phone to post. Guess what? More wind...crosswind AND headwind. Temps didn't get over 100 today, however.



We are currently following old Route 66, and today we visited two Route 66 Museums. Of course, we entered Oklahoma today, and instantly noted more lush countryside than in Texas.



106 miles today, and a few more tomorrow before the ride in Arkansas along the Parkway.



I put some new tires on the bike today, and the new rear wheel has performed well for two days...on some fairly rough roads too.



Hopefully I will post with some photographs tomorrow.
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