This is the summer of Texas 4000! Texas 4000 is a non-profit student organization from the University of Texas that is dedicated to fighting cancer by sharing hope, knowledge, and charity across North America through a 4,500 mile bicycle ride from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska. I will be spending 70 days with 45 of my closest friends pedaling through deserts, mountains, cities, and everything in between. We will sleep in schools, homes, campsites, anything that's free. The ride is the eye catcher but the most important part of Texas 4000 is what we do when we are off our bike. As a team, we raise money for cancer research and give programs throughout the ride spreading the latest information in cancer prevention and research. I will be trying to post pictures, videos, daily comments on this blog, but I will also be updating my journal on www.texas4000.org.

Day 41 Point Arena to Fort Bragg

It was a short riding day and lots of fun, but less fun was what came next... laundry. Not just laundry but laundry for the entire very smelly team. Kylee, Steve, and I foolishly agreed to do everyone's more or less matching laundry which proved to be a nightmare. The smells that assaulted my nose made me question my teammates' hygiene and worst still when we returned from the laundry mat everyone was having a hard time finding their belongings and looked to us for answers. In the end, everyone found their things and apologized for their bo and lack of gratitude. The evening ended with a midnight showing of Harry Potter and a reenactment of our favorite past moments...





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