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Update 07-23-09 – Now looking at the Pacific Ocean in Oregon


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Ken called me today at about 5;30pm CST and informed me that he was smoking a big cigar, someone along the trip had given him, because he was now standing on a beach in the state of Oregon looking at the Pacific Ocean.  After oer 2000 miles of trekn he [...]

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    • Update 7-17-09 A change in plans


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    Got an IM update from Ken last night – earlier he had a flat by an RV park so he decided to stay the night.   Instead of going to Bend Oregon he has decided to trek southwest  to see Crater Lake.  Next town enroute is Wagontire Oregon.  He figures that he will be [...]

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    • Update 7-12-09 fr PAR


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    Heard from Ken this afternoon.  He had just finished going about 40 miles into a town called Homedale ID.  The night before he slept on the couch of a local sheriff and was given the royal treatment with a home cooked sausage and egg breakfast which included toast and a big glass of [...]

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    • Message 2 Ken


    Ken,
    When you get a chance can you blog a list of all the cities and towns that you have been thru?    I want to update the Google map with all the towns and cities you have seen.   We can also update each of the pointers on google maps with related links and your [...]

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    • trek update 7-10-09


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    Heard from Ken today.  He was just getting ready to leave from Glenns Ferry Idaho. While in Glenn Ferry he met a crew of workers from Minnesota who were in Idaho working on the wind farms installing wind turbines.  He was also blessed with a new tent from the owners of Trail Break [...]

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    • trek update 07-01-09


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    Got an instant message from Ken – he is in Idaho Falls – Idaho.  He will be posting some stuff tonight.
    From the gang – Way to go captain – that’s over 1600 miles on the Trek.  Keep up the good work.  We have over 1500 followers on Twitter and have over 3800 hits [...]

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  • Update 6-25-09


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    My last night in Cody was quite nice. I met and cooked hot dogs with Mariah, a nanny driving from Maryland to Oregon with 8 year old Amir. Brave young woman she is as he is a high strung child. Nice kid though. It was a good thing we met though she was [...]

    posted in The Story, The Trek, Trek 3, Trek Updates by kmorse

  • IM with Ken 06-19-09


    It was a quick chat with Ken and it is finally a warm beautiful morning. He has planned only a 38 mile trek today. “It only rains and hails when Im biking for 8 or 9 hours”  LOL.  It looks like our numbers on Twitter keep going up – we have about 1100 followers so [...]

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  • WOW!!!


    Well the pass I went over was only 9666 ft. I did some camping up there in Bighorn National Forest and it is really beautiful! Im not fool enough to think I could have gone over those mountains in a day, so I took my time, enjoyed the country side. I hope the pics I [...]

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  • Chat with Ken 6-15-09


    Chatted with Ken this evening and got an update on hus status. He had a pretty treacherous ride thru the black hills from Keystone, SD to Custer,SD.  The “hill” was about 6000 ft elevation.  It was raining and hailing on him off and on but the he has got an even bigger hill to tackle [...]

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