Hey, for the first time in 1900 miles, I ran into two bike tourists going my direction! I was just getting to the top of Sherman Pass, a 4000+ foot climb (big!) and here they come by me, sprinting. I thought, of course, that they came up the whole pass at that rate. But it turned out they were sprinting to the top :-)

Chris Kval (from Connecticut) and Patrick Stevens (from England) are just getting to the end of their cross-country routel. They both rode from Virginia to here on Adventure Cycling's Trans-Am route. Patrick had already ridden down the east coast of the US from Montreal. Chris is nearing the end of his adventure, but Patrick still intends to ride down the west coast to at least San Francisco.

Anyway, we camped together last night and it's awfully nice to have some good conversation!