Southern Tier Question

[AnnieBikes]

...oh forgot to say, I see you are from Portland. I am starting a ride in Portland for 1500 miles on July 31st! It is also with WomanTours!

[evangundy]

...oh forgot to say, I see you are from Portland. I am starting a ride in Portland for 1500 miles on July 31st! It is also with WomanTours!

So will you be coming to town early for this - any extra days to be able to see the sights around here and maybe meet some of the TE ladies from the area? If you need anything, let us know - we'll see if we can help :-)
Edna

[evangundy]

So planning is winding down, and packing is ramping up. Airline ticket to San Diego purchased, hotel booked for that night. Some contacts made, phone numbers and email addresses exchanged. Found out that a new job of a friend of ours takes him to close to DH's route in Louisiana 1-2 weeks each month. They are hoping the timing works to see each other there. DH got his blog set up this past week. http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/Slug if anyone wants to follow along.

We are planning a Bon Voyage open house for Feb 22, in the afternoon, after the Jack Frost Time Trial http://www.obra.org/flyers/2009/jack_frost_tt.html . I am hoping I'll have time to race before coming back home to host the open house. Recumbents are sent off first starting at 9:45am, so we should be done racing by 11:00am, I could be home by noon. Open house start at 1pm. Tell me I'm not nuts to try to do both

Edna

[Tri Girl]

I saw his journal when I was on CGOAB yesterday, but I guess I didn't make the connection that it was HIM. Cool! I'll be following along on his journey.

[AnnieBikes]

Edna, That sure was nice of you to offer help if I need it in Portland. I have not settled on any of my plans yet! Thanks for your offer.

[evangundy]

Well, he flew to San Diego Tues the 24th and yesterday was his first day of riding, just in case you wanted to follow along on his log www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/Slug - now I have to get back in the habit of doing all the laundry myself, the dishes, the garbage, feeding the pellet stove, etc. It's been a long time sharing duties but I guess 3 months doing them solo won't be too bad. I think he's going to have a great trip, but I'll miss him.

Edna

[Aggie_Ama]

Edna- I am kind of excited to "know" on of those touring cyclists we see out here in the spring. I will pop in on the blog. Enjoy your alone time, it will probably go faster than you think!

ETA- Hopefully he will acclimate to the heat as the tour goes on. The southwest is in a heat wave.