Bike Ride Across America

Portland, OR to Boston, MA

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Day 6 Lewis and Clark Trail State Park to Clarskton, WA

Cycling Stats :
Distance : 75.3 miles
Riding time : 6 hours 10 min
Vertical: 2800 ft

Notes on the day:
-climbed Blue mountains, hills took forever. 10 mile straight uphill. 20 mile downhill took over an hour. Reached summit at 2875 ft.
-Ate at Planetary Pizza which was a pizza parlor/laundromat. Most excellent place ever in Pomeroy, WA. Had lots of ice, gave us maps, and advice. Waitress was a walking atlas.
- Met some recently enlisted sailors, waiting for job assignments.
-Met Dr. Dave Spencer at Baskin Robbins in Clarkston WA. Extremely helpful and generous person. Gave us lots of information about local area.
- Chief Timothy state park charges $5.63 utility fee to use the bathroom. Bavetta decided he could hold it.
-Saw lots of trike harleys form Alberta, Canada on their way to Redding, CA. beauty.

3 Comments:

Silvia said...

Jesse-
I'm glad you updated this page. I hadn't checked it in a while, but there are cool details that you don't tell me on the phone! It sounds like so much fun! I love you very much.

-Silvia

8:55 PM  
salome said...

Get outta my face!!!!!

(hahahahaha)

love,

-Salo

9:46 PM  
Venturboy said...

$5.63 for the bathroom? Good gravy. And you spelled "from" wrong. You spelled it "form," as in "bikers form Alberta." Sloppy!!! Sloppy!!!

3:58 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home