Well I'm wavering on the side of training for the 2006 Big Ride with the ALAW which travels from Seattle to D.C. Something I've been thinking about for the last few years, but if I keep thinking I'll be 80 before I know it. lol Now that's a Big Ride! But I am in so so shape phyically, but still capable of doing a pretty good bike ride....for me anyway. I was planning on riding the Hiawatha and the Trails of CDA and Centenniel Trail during the nice weather months. I've been doing some research which is how I found this site, but in the meantime I have come across so many different groups and organizations that do LD rides...less than cross country, but long nonetheless. There is a ride I found that starts at the Kootenai Fairgrounds, which lasts I believe 5 days that sounds like fun if I thought I could manage the 60+ miles a day.