some pics from our travels

 Well, it seems like we have a weeks worth of adventures every day, which is why i want to post every day! We rode to Lubec in some crazy wind and rain and got stuck here for a number of reasons, but its nice, we found a cute little Inn on the water and have finally found a boat to take us to the canadian island we have been shooting for. Lubec is the easternmost town in the U.S and its the most windy/rainy coast we have been to yet!

 At the inn, they let us buy lobsters right there, live ones! we went to this basement warehouse place under the inn and we picked out our own lobster. The guy gave us a pot and told us how to cook them. Which we did, and they were delicious!

we are SO CLOSE!

Pay it forward!

I know, i know, we just posted yesterday, but we have to take advantage of internet whenever we get it! I just wanted to give a shout out to all those nice guys out there. We made it to Machias, Maine this morning and went to a little church here, where one of the members offered us a place to 'freshen up' in his Inn. What he meant by freshen up was give us a room with laundry, a full kitchen, internet, warm showers, and tons of free food! I know its only been a few days, but it is HUMID here! so it was all appreciated ALOT. When asked what we could do around here for him in return, he simply replied- "just pay it forward". So this is my request to all of you who wish you could do something for us on our ride- just pay it forward to someone, in honor of Rob Abraham. Its nice to know there are still people like him out there. I hope someday i can be that kind of person to someone :)

Look Mom, I'm bike touring

      The trip has begun.  The flights out didn't work out quite as planned thanks to the overly responsible and competent site known as cheaptickets.com.  We missed a layover in New York and forced to spend the night in a land where we felt very out of place.  So the next day we caught our flight to Bangor, hopped a shuttle to our paid for unenjoyed hotel for the night before and assembled our bikes/lives. Thanks to Cody at Wasatch Touring for teaching us the skills to get our bikes back into working form.
         We have made it to the busting metropolis of Sullivan, Maine.  We love the scraggly forests and the lack of mountains.  Its only day two of riding and our muscles are already yelling at us after 40 miles.  The weather has been overcast but so far dry, although the clouds are threatening pretty harshly. Knock on wood, but with the 8 tires on our caravan we have not had a single flat yet either.  This is still just the begining of our adventure and I am drooling like a teething baby for more.  Love you all and I hope your jobs are almost as much fun as this.

*B-rad

Farewell

The party last night was the best way to begin a trip like this.  Thanks to all who took the time to come out and give us a hug.  We are flying outta here in just a few hours, and still just bouncing with excitement. Tonight we plan on getting to our lavy Days inn and putting our bikes together then Friday we will meet Keith and Michaela in Bar Harbor, Maine.  Just a short 44 mile ride to start out this summer with a bang.  Thanks to all the goodbyes and thanks to those who slipped us money.  Love you all, now the real adventure begins.

BIKE VOYAGE!!!

Hey fanzz and friendzz- we are almost ready to hit the road, and we will be gone from Utah a good long time, seeing as how we are moving to AK at the end of our trip for a while... so we wanted to be able to see everyone and say good bye for now... Come to our bike voyage party! This may be the last time you see us, unless the canadian bears turn out to be friendly.
its WEDNESDAY MAY 4th at 6:00 PM
Its at the Burton's (Brads parents house) in West Jordan
4492 west Black Elk Way (9380 south)
West Jordan UT 84088
call us for directions if you need them!!!!

Top ten lists

As this trip draws nearer (we fly out May 5th) ,we find ourselves becoming both super excited, and getting mildly nervous about various things.  So we thought that in order to contain our excitements and calm our fears, we made lists to stare at face to face.

Things we are scared/nervous/anxious/ for:

10. Small shoulders (on the road)

9.  Canadian Rockies (the uphill parts)

8.  Disproportional bodies

7.  Mosquitoes

6.  Not understanding Canadian humor

5.  Running out of money

4.  Missing Melanie's wedding.  (Brad's sister believed to becoming engaged any day)

3.  Crashing

2.  Keeping up with Keith

1.  Bears, wolves, moose, mountain lions, stray dogs, semi trucks

Things we are Stoked for:

10. Raging quads

9.  Having accents

8.  Canadian Rockies (the downhill parts)

7.  Not paying high gas prices

6.  Using all our new gear

5.  Being able to say "when I was riding across Canada..."

4.  Another stamp on the passport

3.  Making lots of friends

2.  Maple syrup and Mounties

1.  Seeing Bears, wolves, moose, mountain lions, northern lights 

A Bike Ride, by Mary

A bike ride, they said,

You want to go?

A bike ride, we said,

Well we cant say no!

So we're saving up cash

and selling our things

we've all got new bikes

and Canadian dreams!

We'll go near and far,

We'll see here and there!

I just hope we dont crash,

or get eaten by bears!

They call us all crazy

for biking that far

But it keeps us sane-

we need life without cars!

So we cling to our youth

and pedal out west

When we get to Alaska

we'll tell you the rest!