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Patti said... Sounds like quite the adventure so far. I should have bought you guys hemorrhoid cream! Can't wait to see your pictures. Stay safe...Patti Linday Dearborn said... It sounds like you are having a great time and a once in a life time experience! You are doing a wonderful thing that most people would never dare to do. We are all proud of you and wishing you the best of luck everyday of your traveling! Anonymous said... We miss you and we wish you the best of luck! You're great! Anonymous said... I hope you have some great views on your way home. Good luck. Anonymous said... Hey Ms. Erskine!! It's Catherine and Shyanna writing this is Science. We hope you have a great time and take some beautiful pictures. Have LOTS of fun and spread lots of awareness. Good Luck, Anonymous said... Hi! How are you doing? We miss you at school! I hope your having a good time on your trip. Natasha Patrick D said... Dear Mrs. Erskine, It's Pat D. I hope you are having fun. We're not really, just doing everything we would usually do, get up go to school, go home, eat dinner go to bed. The most exciting thing is lunch. But this week we are having a celebrity dance. You get to dress up as a celebrity. Me and Carey are going to be the Blues Brothers. It's gonna be the highlight of the week. Well nothing more is going on. Maybe there will be a big event like a record setting RED SOX game again this weekend, that would spice things up a bit. Regards, Anonymous said... We miss you!!!!!!!!!! Love, Anonymous said... I hope you make it all the way without falling or getting a flat. Hope you make it all the way, and raise a lot of money. Anonymous said... Hey Miss Erskine! Good luck on the ride. Hope to see you at Shaws for the last couple miles. From, Kristian Hanna said... Hey Mrs. Erskine!! I hope you're having a great time and I wish you good luck. I think what you are doing is great and you have a lot of confidence. I know I would'nt be able to do that:-) Scincerely, Kristian Mrs. Paisley said... Wyeth is following you across the country. You're doing a great job! Keep up the great work and we look forward to reading your updates. Stay healthy! Cole (the mole) Hutchison said... Dear Regina, This is Cole.... I just wanted to say "Hi" and good luck. It's kinda weird because we've had two different Health teachers in one trimester, and now we have a new Health teacher, so that's three Health teachers in one year. It's like the position is cursed or something. A Student, Anonymous said... It must be nice in California, I hope you're having fun. I don't think I could make it one mile on a bike, let alone 4000 miles. So have a great time, stay safe, take some nice pictures and have fun with it. Nadine Sophie Halpin said... Hey Ms. Erskine! Hope you're having fun on your trip! We all miss you here in Wyeth house! It must be nice in California! Hope you get some good pictures and that you stay safe! Lyna Bak said... Dear Ms.Erskine, How are you doing? I hope you are having a great time. You are probably really tired. Are u going to teach at Lyman Mooore again next year? I hope you do. I wish you good luck everyday. Sincerely, Raelynn said... Hey Ms. Erskine, It sounds like your having a lot of fun. I wish I could be there with you. It seems really fun biking across the U.S., well half of it anyway. I think you are doing something really cool, There's not too many people I know that would bike from California to Maine. Well hope you have a great time, take lots of pictures so you can show us next year. See you in July!...Raelynn Emily said... Hey, Ms. Erskine, It sounds like you're having fun! I hope you see lots of good sights, raise tons of awareness, and don't break any bones. See you in July. Emily Anonymous said... Hello Ms. Erskine, Hope you're having a great time. Sounds like you are. Life is still boring here. When you finish in Payson Park I might go because it's right down the street, School is still boring, but the teachers try and make everything funner. Well bye! I guess I'll leave another comment when you put in another entry. Brandon Jones Anonymous said... Hey Ms. Erskine, I was going to talk to you in some hip new lingo but Mrs. Paisly
wont let me. :( Olivia Rogosienski Anonymous said... HI!!:) YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT! WE LOOKED UP PICTURES OF JOSHUA
TREE AND THE TERRAIN LOOKS ROUGH BUT IF ANYONE CAN DO IT YOU GUYS
CAN. YOU MUST BE SO STRONG TO GET UP EVERY MORNING AND GET BACK
ON THAT BIKE SEAT. WOW! Anonymous said... Hey Ms. Erskine, We have missed you a lot at Lyman Moore and we hope you have a great ride through the weeks you are gone. Well hope to see you soon! Lauren Brianna Fournier said... Hey Ms.Erskine! I hope you are having the time of your life. It must feel good doing somthing for others, I mean you are doing something that will help make the world a better and safer place. Well hope you have fun. Elizabeth said... HeY, -ElIzAbEtH t. p.S. SeNd SoMe gOoD pIcTuREs. Anonymous said... Hi Regina and Alex: Glad to see you guys are doing well! You're inspiring! Keep posting comments, I like reading them! Your pal, Marianne Patti said... Hey Regina! Nice pics of Joshua Tree. I see a x-mas card in the making. My neice would like to buy a celiac bracelet. Where could she get that while you're gone? She actually has a friend who has it. Thanks! You & Alex are doing a great job! Rest those buns! Stay safe, Patti. Jenn Pov said... Hello! You're doing a great job! I havn't had you for a health teacher yet because you had to go on a trip, but I hope to meet you someday! I bet you're really tired...Have a safe and fun trip!!! Anonymous said... Ride like the wind, you two!! Glad all is going well. Can't wait to see pics! Joshua Tree is my next camping trip. Aren't all the boulders amazing?! So happy to have seen you in S.D. Looking forward to hearing from you at the end of your trip. Rich and I will be in Maine in early fall so will see you again then. Best of everything for both of you. Dianne and Rich in San Diego |
Hello From Joshua Tree! Thursday, April 28, 2005 |
| It's the end of Day 4, and we're in Twenty Nine Palms, CA, chillin' at a Motel 6. It's already been an amazing 4 days. We started out at Ocean Beach in San Diego, with the ceremonial dipping of the tires in the Pacific (more like the drenching, as a wave snuck up on us and got us both a little wet). Pelicans were flying overhead, surfers were riding the waves, and there we were, getting ready for a little bike ride. A 4000 mile bike ride! After lots of picture taking (we'll add more photos to our photo gallery very soon), we finally headed off on our grand adventure. Soon we were zipping through the suburbs of San Diego, and then we were out of the city altogether. Then the hills started. And kept going. And going. Oy! Lots o' hills, but we made it up them all, until finally we hit our stopping point for Day One - Cuyamaca State Park. Very pretty. Lots of turkeys. Really. Then more climbing to start the next day, and then a long, glorious downhill into the desert. The variety of terrain in the west is amazing. Over the course of twenty miles you can go from green to desert brown. And as we kept heading east, it got drier and drier. And windier and windier. I thought we were supposed to have a tailwind all the way! Oh well, all you can do is ride. Evenutally we made it to Salton City, our Day 2 ending point. Day 3 came and we got on our bikes again, dodged road debris for about 15 miles before turning off the busy road (Rte. 86, to be avoided in the future) at Mecca, CA. Mecca is seriously misnamed, by the way. But then we headed into the canyons north towards Joshua Tree. Very dry and desolate, and we practically had the road to ourselves. Temps in the 90's in bright sunlight, lots of sweat and grime, but all in all pretty neat, as it definitely doesn't look like this back in Maine. We hit the entrance gate at Joshua Tree and thought we were almost there, except the last 7 miles were all uphill. And they make their hills big out here. More sweating and puffing, and we finally made it to the campground. Took a quick stroll down to Cottonwoods Springs, where there is a beautiful little oasis (really!) and wonderful birds. We were going to take the next day off, but we decided that it made more sense to push on to Twenty Nine Palms, where we could get a hotel room, get access to the internet, and send you all an update and some photos. So the next morning, we got on our bikes again (yes, our butts are sore!) and headed north through the park. The terrain is beautiful, very desolate-looking at first but if you look close there's a lot of life out there. We started climbing again, and eventually saw our first Joshua Tree. Very cool! We had a long downhill out of the park and into the town, but there was a 25 mph crosswind, so it was all we could do to hang on to bikes as we sped downhill. But we made it. We have made contact with several people already about celiac disease - some are curious when they see our RV with the "Coast to Coast for Celiac" signs all over it, so we chat with them and give them a brochure. Other times we run into people on the road or at stops, and again chat and hand out more brochures. So we're slowly spreading the word. We even ran into someone yesterday who has celiac, and she complemented us on our efforts. It felt good to meet a kindred soul. The next few days we will be going through some pretty empty terrain, but then by Monday we'll be in Phoenix, AZ and we should be able to have more of an impact there. I am sending some photos to our web-guru, so hopefully you'll be able to see those in the photo gallery soon. Keep on posting your comments - it's always good to get messages from home! Regina |