New York to California 2008

Coney Island, Brooklyn to Bergenfield, NJ. 32.3 miles in 2 hours and
45 minutes.

That's my bike all geared up, it doubles the weight of my 30pound
Schwinn.

Yesterday I made it to Lawrenceville, NJ (65.5 miles 7 hours) and
stayed at Rider U. Thanks Nick and the guys for letting me crash.

Filling up with the meal plan and heading to Philly.

It was a little piece of glass. I have a couple extra tubes but maybe
I am due for some new tires.

So I made it to Philadelphia, PA, just 37.2 miles. Thanks Jasmine,
Jasper, and Ralph for letting me stay and feeding me. You are amazing.

So I stayed another day in Philly. My knee was feeling funny and I
figured I'd lay off it before I screwed it up. Also it was supposed to
rain. But mostly I wanted to hang out with friends more. Thanks Scotty
and Chris for the spare rear derailer.

I made it to White Clay Creek State Park in Delaware. 46.2 miles. But
I left a little late and got a little lost so it is too dark to tell
if I am at an actual campground.

Also, this was the first time I set up my tent. Am I going to try to
sleep now.

It took about an hour for state police to let me know that I'm not on
a campground. After the interogation they decided to let me stay. They
thought it was cool I was riding and it turned out the one guy did a
ride from Connecticut to Canada.

After all that I slept pretty good until the rain woke me up. I
managed to get in a couple more hours then I packed up and started out
in the rain.

By the way, I recreated that photo after they split.

Yesterday I got to Balitmore, MD. 61miles. I got to stay with Randi
and Patrick at Towston U. It was great seeing you. Thanks for having
me and feeding me. Off to D.C.

Yesterday I made it to Washington D.C. (58.6 miles) I hung out with my
friends Anthony and Danielle. Thanks guys for the food and letting me
crash. We caught a movie, "girls rock". And they did.

...and that's all I have to say about that.

I'm camping tonight in Dale City, VA. On the way here I rode along
with guy name Fred for almost ten miles. Then at Mt. Vernon I got
directions from two lovely women bikers. They ended up chipping in a
fiver to sponsor my trip. I felt bad taking it, but bought a bunch of
food with it.

I really need to set up my tent before it gets dark.

Oh yea. This was 54.6 miles by the time I got to the campsite.