3,798 miles

By my odometer we went 3,798 miles from SF to DC. There is so much to say, but I will limit myself to just a few things. One: We just met with the chief staff member of Rep. Markey, who is chairman of the select committee on global warming. They listened to our ideas and looked over the petitions. I have to say Markey is totally on board with global warming legislation. The House just passed a bill as did the Senate. The bill will be in conference committee when they come back to work. The bill doesn't have everything we want, so please, please contact your representatives and insist that they increase CAFE standards (gas mileage)and they cut oil and coal subsidies in favor of subsidies for wind and solar. If you have had enough time to comment on our blog, please speak to your representatives.

Two: An anecdote from the second to last day of riding. We left Charlettsville and found ourselves in the middle of the morning commute. Our technique is to pull over as soon as it is safe. One time we did this 6 cars passed us. 2 or 3 waved. The 7th car honked and gave us his middle finger. Here we were trying to be as concientious as possible and for our troubles we get flipped the bird. The car passed us. On his rear window were 2 American flag decals. On his bumper were two stickers "Bush/Cheney." Figures, I smugly thought. But what if I were not a left coast, tofu eating pussy, but rather a macho heavy equipment operator with Rush on all my preprogrammed radio dials? Wouldn't I start to think, "Maybe Bush really is a dickhead since his supporters sure are." I mean, doesn't this guy realize he's a rolling ambassador for Bush. If he wants me to vote for Bush or people of that ilk, better he offer me a cold bottle of water at the top of the hill. Yonah's take on it is "Why don't we put a Bush/Cheney sticker on our car and act like dicks?" To which Solomon said, "Why would we want to be dicks?"