Tour de Cure - July 26, 2008 (Picassa slideshow)

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Tour de Cure - July 26, 2008 (quick photo slideshow)

Here is a quick slide show of some of our photos from the Tour de Cure ride today up in Hood River, Oregon. We all had a great time, no one got hurt, and the weather was incredible.

I've got over 150 photos to choose from - so this movie is a quick way to see our adventure. We'll probably post them on Picassa soon.

Tour de Cure: Ride Day

The bikes are loaded in the car. The sun is rising, and the temperature is still cool. Soon - the family will be awake and we will all climb into the car and drive up to Hood River.

We are excited!

Just for you - since we don't have any ride day photos yet, and I'm sure you are sitting by the computer all day long today - here is a logo that Nate and Jody created for our team T-shirts.


Nate and Jody were going to ride on our team (they are serious bikers) - but they had a crazy relative that thought getting married in July was the thing to do this year. Who gets married in July? Uh...I guess Mick and I did....so I guess we can't blame them. Since they could ride with us, Nate and Jody created this cool design and had it made into a silk screen for us. Wednesday night Mick and I screened it onto a bunch of shirts, after a quick explanation from N&J how to do it - since they were getting on a plane at 1am Wednesday morning. Most of them turned out really well.

Brian measures screen placement

T-shirts drying....don't touch!

Logo closeup

I played around a little with coloring the design to try and come up with a logo I could print out at work on our large HP 800ps 42 inch plotter. Maybe a banner to put on the car... I had some fun with it - but I didn't have the original file that they had created, just a lower resolution JPG. And so, it didn't scale up to 80x42 inches. But you can see it here...

Nice!

Tour de Cure: Final pre-event posting

The Tour de Cure event - Summit to Surf XIII - takes place in two days. You can still donate at our Team Tegan and Her Daddy page.

We've met our team goal of $5,000 - currently we are over $6,000. At one point we were in 2nd place out of 71 teams. Looks like the other big teams are finally getting their money in, and we are slipping back a little. Brian is a little short of his $2,000 goal...you could help with that if your charitable giving account is not empty this month...

Last Sunday - we took a drive up to Hood River to take a look at the course, and give it a test ride. It has incredible scenery - and in the Pacific Northwest - the scenery always includes ups and downs...unless you are at the beach.

We got on the bikes and went...it was hard - but we made it. There were quite a few other bikers on the trail, but I'm sure there will be a lot more this Saturday. Over 1,040 riders have registered. Not all of them will be doing our 10 mile course - but I'm sure all the family groups will. Even with the Gorge Games going on in Hood River - we saw many other cyclists.

Tegan, Brian, and Connor take a break from the 1st climb

Tegan, Connor, and Mick take a break from the 1st climb

So - early Saturday we will load up the bikes, head off to Hood River - and earn all the money that all of you have so graciously donated to the cause so dear to our family - the cure of diabetes Stay tuned for the results of this adventure!

Tour de Cure biking update

Since it was going to be in the 90°s today, we got on our bikes before 10am this morning. We we out on a wondering path - ended up at the end in Cook Park in Tigard. We went over the Tualatin River twice - and this weekend you wouldn't want to be in the Tualatin. Apparently there is an outbreak of blue-green algae. A total of seven miles today - when we got home the temps with past 80°. This was a good test for us - because the Tour is in two weeks - and it will be in Hood River around noon. The temperature is sure to be warm then.

Be sure to check out our fundraising progress - we are at over 80% of our $5,000 goal.

Yard Work 2008 #12

It has been hot...in the 90°s for sure. I mowed both the front and back yards this morning before it got too hot. The grass was quite long in areas that get some shade and some watering. In the areas of full sun and that have received no water - the growth has stopped, and the brown patches have set in.

Looks like the summer season is upon us!