Well we made it! 3740 miles boo-yah. It was a great deal of epic fun.  Some of it was sucky.  Joe didn't know it was race, but it was, and I won.  Run the highlight reel.


Favorite Place:  Black Hills, SD: Needles Hwy, Mount Rushmore

Worst Day/Least amount of miles: Wall, SD  rain, headwind, interstate riding/20miles
Top speed: 39mph
Most miles in a day: 104
Most flat tires: Joe 22flats
Most gunshots: Ohio
Highest Mountain Pass: Togwetee 9658ft
Hottest Ride: Murphy, ID 104 degrees
Coldest Camp: Hoosick, NY behind Man of Kent 29degrees
No water towers: Oregon
Prettiest Fall Leaves: MN/WI
Smelliest Day: Chicago, moldy spandex left in the washer + garbage head (dumpster helmet)
Nicest Drivers: New Hampshire
Most snow: Vermont (12in!)













 Cool Bird I saw: Stellar Jay

Wackiest Character: Don Boyle.  Was riding solo from CO to OR.  Practically started crying.




















Things we lost: camping pillow, mp3 cord, headband, allen wrenches, winter gloves, front light, back light, bike pump, cable lock, bike computer, water bottle, cell phone, helmet (found it in the dumpster=garbage head) socks, spandex bibs, camera (recovered)

Thanks to all the people that helped us!!!!
Oregon:Jenny + Adam (Eugene) Miles (Portland), Steven (Bend) Norm the dentist (OR) The couple that bought us biscuits and gravy, Matt who bought us drinks (Vail) The Bike Inn (Mt. Vernon)
 Idaho:Little Orphan Annies Bar and Grill (Caldwell) Bruce+Nancy (Nampa,ID) Brandon and his Mom Jodie (Twin Falls,ID) Ramone (Twin Falls)  Don +Julie (Ammon) Eric Mosbaugh (Elko, ND) Tammy (Twin Falls)
Wyoming Weeze (Jackson Hole)Nate at Fitzgerald's Bike shop (Jackson Hole) Cedar Bar:  Mike, Nate,  June +Scooter (Riverton) Cody + Courtney (Casper)
South Dakota:Harold + Jill (SD) Brad (Rapid City) Lyndell, Wickerville Community Chruch (Wickerville) Don, Lee and Adam (Fort Pierre)
Minnesota:  Wanda +Rodney Coon (Dawson) Mary Coons (Wabasha) Lisa Vonderharr (Minneapolis) Eric Greiner (Minneapolis) Todd + Kathy Mattson (Minneapolis) TikTak (Trock) Paddy (Grumpy's) Leah (Minneapolis)
Wisconsin: Kai (Madison)
Illinois: Andrea Dennis + Adra (Chicago) Jay the sailor (Chicago)
Indiana: Kurt + Amy (Richmond) Bum who gave us 2$ and mystery blue drink (Hammond)
Ohio Lauren + her mom (Mt. Washington) Art (Galena) Jacob + Susan (Owensville)  Kevin (Cincinnati) Carl + Lesley Z. (Batavia) Mandy (Massillon) Lady working at subway who gave us half off (Barberton) Chit-chat Coffeeshop (Massillon)
New York: Anders, Nils + Erika Gunnersen (Westfield) Pastors Howard + Karen Russel (Varysburg) Tinner Soules (Ilion) Lady who gave us peanut brittle (Syracuse) Pauly, Johnny (Man of Kent Bar) TJ's Pizza (Fultonville)
New Hampshire: Dave, Peter, Erin + Greenling (Dover)
Maine: Julian Jones (Portland)
Texas: Myke (Austin) Judy Foster (Austin)

And a special f-you to the following: Old man at campground that wouldn't let us jump in the stream, but then timed us on his watch giving us 15min before he was going to make us pay.  Crabby lady at the Dayville, OR grocery store who was jaded and hateful towards us.  Stone Valley Church- for kicking us out in the night forcing us to ride dangerously back to town in pitch black, no streetlights, with giant hills.

 

American Continental tires for being huge pieces of sheet

. When in doubt.... just add wolves.