Hi Friends- What a beginning to this ride. First off, the thoughts of riding 62 miles in the rain and it poured yesterday on the truck ride up from Chico, was daunting at best and frightening besides. We started off at Breaksfast 6 AM, leaving the hotel at 7:30 and started riding in the rain at 9. Portland was really cool, what we saw of it. Snaked our way through downtown traffic and after about 5 miles made it to the industrial section with tons of semi's and logging trucks whissing by at 65 MPH. We stopped for lunch at mile 32, it was great to have the SAG crew there and ready to feed and medicate us if needed.
After lunch we started out in the rain and the rode was nice, still busy road but not I-5 anyway. I got my first flat at about 40, luckily I had a tube, and 2 other riders stopped to help with tools and know how. Then we got to the Lewis and Clark bridge, OMG! It was pouring at this point and this is a steel bridge at least 2 miles long with logging trucks, it is high and scary. I was praying the whole time. I wish I could've gotten a picture but I was to nervous, but riding with Ryan and Jason we made it, coming down the other side was equally scary with trucks screaming down with us. After a few turns in another industrial zone of Kelso, WA we came upon Stephanie who had a flat, we switched hers out and made it to the motel at about 3:30. Enjoy the pictures, pray for no rain tomorrow and check out the links below for GPS tracking and a few media spots we're getting.
Oh, THE BIG NEWS: This ride with 67 riders has raised over $170,000.!!!!!!
Goodbye for now from Kelso, we feeling better than we should and going to a catered dinner from Outback, our big sponsor!
Here's link for GPS tracking and I can't end without mentioning that a friend crashed and is still at the hospital waiting for stitches above her eyebrow, karen Staples is out but not down.
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