Sunday, July 29, 2007

Moving out

The wave of enthusiasm we rode into this morning from our party success last night is quickly subsiding and giving way to the reality of vacating our home, which some of you may know- and the rest probably assume- will require
serious attention to make it look as if nobody has lived here for 18 months. Long story short, if you live in the Seattle area and would like to support Bike the US for MS in a different capacity, please feel free to come "hang out" at our headquarters.

In all seriousness though, we are stoked beyond words about the help, support, and interest we have received from friends and strangers alike. Anticipation about the trip is entirely positive and the general sentiment is that we expect an adventure loaded with fulfilling encounters and experiences. As much as we are trying to prepare appropriately for this trip, we are also prepared to be unprepared at times and seem to be at ease with the probabilty of the occasional ordeal.

Additional incentive to come by: leftover beverages from the party last night available on our porch. Thanks.

-Mason

Party Run Down!!!

The party was Tops! Thanks to every body that came and everybody that offered up their time, services and resources to get it flying. We're still sorting out totals but we did really, really well. Also, thanks to everybody up to this point that has shown interest and offered support in what we're doing. Sometimes the hardest people to convince of the possible success of a project are those undertaking it and you have all led me to believe that we may just pull this whole thing off in spite of ourselves. From all of us, sincerely, Thank You.
You all know that we now face the most daunting part of our entire saga...cleaning and moving out of 2052 NW 60th St.. That's correct, Bike the US for MS world-headquarters will soon be vacated as we take our show on the road! For those of you that have ever been here, you know the challenge this may pose. Lets just say that moving four guys out of two houses, one of which is essentially a two-story black hole, in just three days will be impressive. With leaving enough time to find flip flops and stopping by the bike shop for the chamois butter and Luna...err...Power bars, it's going to be amazing. But, if things keep going the way they have been, I see nothing but open roads and tailwinds in our near future.
Riding this wave of optimism I'll close for now. We will update shortly with the outcome from the party (would've been nice if somebody had donated an abacus or something) and the skinny on getting ourselves towards the upper right-hand corner of the map. If you've got any input let us know, info@biketheusforms.org.
Again, thanks for a wonderful party and an awesome show of support.

Karl Miller