Countdown

With less than three months till takeoff, we are getting very excited about our adventure. The plan is for Bonnie and me to fly from Boston to Seattle on May 27th, 2008. Bonnie's sister Rosemary (who lives in Washington State) will help us get our bikes to the starting point of our trip at Anacortes, Washington. Before cycling east, we hope to spend several days in the San Juan Islands getting acquainted with our loaded touring bikes, and gearing up for the massive mountains of the North Cascades. The route that we are taking across the country is called "The Northern Tier". The Northern Tier crosses three mountain ranges: the Cascades, Rockies, and Adirondacks. Along the way, our route passes through the San Juan Islands, North Cascades National Park, Glacier National Park, Canada's Waterton Lakes National Park, the Great Plains of the midwest, the headwaters of the Mississippi, Amish country, Lake Erie, Niagara Falls, Lake Champlain and Lake George, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Acadia National Park, and finally ends when we dip our wheels in the icy blue waters of Bar Harbor, Maine. In total, the Northern Tier Route is 4,321 miles long, crosses through 16 states, 2 countries, and 4 National Parks. "Good Luck" - We'll need it!