From+Noah+and+Dana

The following was originally published July 15, 2008 at http://travelingsimply.blogspot.com/2008/07/from-noah-and-dana.html Good Morning,

We got on the AMTRAK train in Bellingham yesterday morning. Traveled to Portland, walked around and got ice cream. Then got on the train and rode to Eugene, Oregon. It was late when we got there. Picture A shows my dad as he got off the train. We got our tandem bikes and all of our stuff off the train - please see picture B.

They met us with a van and a big white pickup to carry our bicycles.

We drove about 45 minutes, and now it was very, very late. I slept well in a futon bed upstairs at the Jane & Quentin Holmes' house. I slept in! We are in a house with tall rooms. It is located out in the woods on the Mohawk River. This morning we ate a delicious breakfast.

Tomorow we will start out on our tandem bicycles for the Oregon Coast. Dad and Mon are figuring our a route that will travel along paved roads that belong to the Forest Service.

Love, Dana

P.S. Noah recorded his impressions of travel so far, see the link at right to his audio posts on his wikispace.