The call of the coast!

I love Sundays because it is a great day to rest! I also love Sundays because it gives me time to procrastinate the things that I should be doing like getting ready for my amazing trip that is coming up. I have decided to get a quick blog in about the planning of the trip and how I am going to be able to use this trip and the interest that it produces for the use of good in the world. I have decided to ride later this summer in the New Mexico MS 150 "Pedal Los Pueblos" bike ride. To do this I first have an obligation to raise money to benefit the National MS society. Last year I rode in this ride and had an incredible opportunity to meet amazing people that cycled with me who not only volunteer with the MS Society but also suffer from MS. This experience has really helped me understand the good that this society does and the pains that people with MS suffer through. As you read this blog I would implore you to donate and help this good cause.

A great way to do that is to pledge money for each mile that I will ride along the Pacific Coast in the next month. My early estimates (rough estimates through Google Maps' Beta Cycling instuctions) says that I will be riding 1048 miles. This means that if you pledge to donate one dime for every mile that I will cycle, you will donate $104.80! I know that adds up to a lot of money when you are cycling these kinds of distances! This can easily be simplified to $10 for every penny/mile that one pledges to donate for my ride. I would love to raise $1000 - which would be $1 for every mile that I ride. We will  see how far I can get! If you would like to donate you can do so on my MS Society profile page Here.

Now onto cycling! Bellow is a rough map of where I predict we will be camping each night sans the discontinuous British Columbia section.


View Bicycling directions to King St in a larger map

So far I have gone slightly Henry David Thoreau and have started to plan out the cost and the Itinerary of the trip. Bellow are some grammatically emails between Brandon Robinson and myself on the plans of the trip. The links provide information on the plans so far.

Hey, I found an awesome hostel and reserved a room because I guess next week is of some Canadian Holiday. Here the hostel, it costs $33 Canadian a night: http://oceanisland.com/

My plan is to get into Seattle and if Colin Barber doesn't pick us up we can take the 9:00 shuttle to Annacortes where the ferry is. It costs $31 for a 2h45m ride. Here is the link http://www.airporter.com/schedules/schedules-rates -I plan on just finding an open field in Annacortes to sleep in as we await the Ferry the next day. 

The next morning (the 28th) we take the 8:25 ferry to Sidney BC. The cost is $24 and includes a $6 surcharge for the bike We get into Sidney at 11:05 AM. We might take the later ferry if Colin drives us. http://www.wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/ScheduleDetailByRoute.aspx?schedrouteid=1420

From Sidney we bike about 20 miles into Downtown Victoria which I hear is an absolutely incredible city. the hostel we are staying at was built in 1891. The next morning we will then take the 10:30 ferry to Port Angeles where we start the camping part of the trip. Here is a link to the Ferry ($23.50 Canadian with the bike) http://www.cohoferry.com/main/?Fares We will be biking 60 miles the first day (after arriving at noon so we will have to lunch up on the ferry) after this we will start following this map -[ https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=203101903429155817735.0004c051fc5fc1c49f42b&msa=0 ]- The first day we camp right after Forks, WA (bring Garlic). The next day is a campground just before Humptulips WA and the town has a major road called Kirkpatrick Road. Be ready for high levels of testosterone and low levels of education!

Brandon, I have just been planning, so let me know if you object to something:

His reply was this, classic Brandon:

I hate planning crap.  You do the planning and Ill let you cling on to my back hair all the way to San Fran.  The money side should be fine too.  Ive been selling crack cocaine like that guy on breaking bad to Pre-med students at BYU that cant hack it for the last six years.

Love,

Brandawg

This is going to be an amazing adventure and I am trying to make sure I go into it with the right attitude so I can make the most of the trip.