Sorry we haven't been posting, we've just been having too much fun! Right now we are in Eugene Oregon, we're staying her for the day and tomorrow we will set out for Missoula Montana. No idea how long it will take but we're excited for the hot springs which are on the way. Recently we also spent a night in Corvallis the home of Oregon State Univeristy, while there we were warmly welcomed by a host and allowed to sleep in her house. But that same night we met a bunch of the locals and joined them up for a good session of bike polo! Both Maura and I played and it was amazingly fun. Unfortunantley I didn't get any pictures but at time it looked something like this:

Okay, maybe it wasn't thaaaaat bad but it was definitley fun.The next morning the guys we had played with treated us to a waffle breakfast at their house and then two of them helped to escort us to our starting road. Talk about awesome! Once in Eugene we visited with Maura's friend Noah who just finished a apprenticeship at the Center for Apropriate Transport or CAT, it's a place that specializes in building recumbernts, trikes, cargo bikes, or anything else you can imagine that is not shaped like a conventional diamond. It's an amazing place and during the 5 month apprenticeship program each of the students builds his or her own cargo bike which they are then allowed to take home! Well now that you're thuroughly done with reading here are some photos to give a visual update:

cooking our amazing waffle breakfast

walking through the Corvallis farmers market on our way out

what is this?! a statue of a beauftiful lady?!

or not..... fooled again

had to get the camera out beffore the light changed or the dog looked away

we climbed up a huge sand dune in Pacific City, probably 100 feet tall and very very steep

just keep pedalling, just keep pedalling

Maura's friend Noah at CAT, we got to try some of their awesome inventions

me getting a ride on Noah's cargo bike, that is fun