Adventures of Mr. Bacon and I (Part: Seattle to Leavenworth)

I have decided to do a photo-blog of my stuffed pig, Mr. Bacon. I will be taking him along on my bike daily and photographing him in important places along the ride. I thought this would add a bit of much needed goofiness to my days :)
Here are the photo's from my first two days of the trip:

June 30 (Seattle to Sultan)


June 30 (AM): Mr. Bacon...shaking in his boots before the first day of the ride.


June 30 (9 AM): Mr. Bacon and my bike at the edge of the Pacific...ready to go.

July 1 (Canada Day): Sultan to Leavenworth

July 1 (AM): Mr. Bacon sitting on a random bike at the feet of the Cascade mountains...ready for the 20+ mile 4,000 ft climb.

Taking a break in the middle of our 4,000 ft climb.

Enjoying the scenery...the Cascade's are gorgeous!

July 1 (1 PM): Mr. Bacon at the top of Steven's Pass (at 4061 ft)...my accomplishment of the day :)

I appreciate all of you who read this blog and have kept me in your thoughts and prayers so far...thank you.

On a serious note... Before we left, one of the ladies in the group reminded us of the statistic that every 3 seconds a child (somewhere in the world) dies of poverty related causes--thats about one child for every one of my 5 (or so) pedal strokes. I keep being reminded of that while biking. We are biking to raise money to help fight poverty...so please, if you are at all able...contribute, it's fora good cause. Every three seconds...that's frequent.

I send my love to you all...take care!