2010 Bike Tour Against Cancer

Updates from the Road

Oregon-Washington photos posted
Posted: Mon, Jul 26, 2010 @ 12:47 by Maksim Kalashnikov
http://vokinhsalak.fotki.com/coast-to-coast-2010/ Check out the album. Read captions. Leave comments.

Day 69: the crossing of the Cascades
Posted: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 @ 17:00 by Maksim Kalashnikov
I’ve decided to skip Crater Lake Nat’l Park. It’s too high up and people tell me the roads are still closed due to snow. I’ll cycle around it and cross... [more]

Day 68: Kiven the sex shop owner (Klamath Falls, Oregon)
Posted: Fri, Jul 23, 2010 @ 20:11 by Maksim Kalashnikov
Rain is in the forecast for the entire Pacific Northwest for the foreseeable future, but the sky this morning is only partly cloudy, so I rush to take advantage of... [more]

Day 67 (5/24): I clip the northeastern corner of California
Posted: Fri, Jul 23, 2010 @ 15:16 by Maksim Kalashnikov
A day of remarkable contrasts. Miserable first half — elated second. Straight out of Cedarville my route turns west and climbs toward Cedar Pass in the Warners (elevation 6,500 ft, vertical... [more]

Day 66 (5/23): 4,000 miles!
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2010 @ 21:01 by Maksim Kalashnikov
I wake up early to a sky covered with patches of low, sleepy clouds. The surrounding ranges are freshly dusted with sugar powder. The asphalt is still wet. It snowed... [more]

Day 65: we explore the Black Rock playa
Posted: Fri, Jul 9, 2010 @ 13:21 by Maksim Kalashnikov
We let ourselves luxuriate long past the normal wake-up time — we’re not in a hurry since we’ve decided to stay a full day here exploring. But the heat of... [more]

Day 64 (5/21): Black Rock Desert; hot springs
Posted: Thu, Jul 8, 2010 @ 19:42 by Maksim Kalashnikov
We’re finally in Black Rock Desert! This is one of the main milestones of the trip and the place I’ve been anticipating especially eagerly, with warm and familiar feeling after... [more]

Day 63 (5/20): Pyramid Lake
Posted: Sun, Jun 27, 2010 @ 20:35 by Maksim Kalashnikov
Ed must be lonely in his middle-of-nowhere bar. He wakes me up for coffee and we have breakfast together in his kitchen. Today’s road, highway US-95, intersects the route of our... [more]

Day 62: Back to Nevada. Wabuska Bar.
Posted: Fri, Jun 25, 2010 @ 16:04 by Maksim Kalashnikov
At the northern end of the fertile Mason Valley, by the old Union Pacific rail track, sits the 100-year-old Wabuska Bar. Inside, the bar’s 82-year-old owner Edmund Muller rests in... [more]

Day 61: the 3,699-mile point (NYC-to-SF distance)
Posted: Thu, Jun 24, 2010 @ 00:33 by Maksim Kalashnikov
Darn, I wake up with a serious hangover. I can only hope that the physical exertion and the cool mountain air will help me get over it quickly. I order... [more]

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