The West Coast!

Congrats to NORSA member Mike Rhodes, who this past weekend, reached Portland, Oregon in his trans-American cycling adventure!

Mike and two friends left from various points on the east coast (Richmond, VA and Raleigh, NC) on May 27th and thus began an epic journey across the Appalachian Mountains, through America's heartland, over the Rockies, and into history.

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The entire journey was chronicled with professional pizazz by his girlfriend Alice on http://clockworko.blogspot.com/. Check it out and read about their encounters with subduction, hot springs, flaming cars, and the thousands of miles of pavement. The blog is very educational too (Thanks Alice!).




Mike is actually the second NORSA member to have completed a cross-country cycling trip, the first being NORSA veteran Manuel Dominguez who completed an easterly route in the summer of 2004.