12,000 Miles

Mikael is arriving back in Portland!

2007-12-14T22:54:00.000-08:00

Finishing his 12,000+ mile bike journey

Come and join in on welcoming him home!

Sunday, Dec. 16th, 2007!

4:00 pm at Aloha High School Beaverton, OR.

Books will be available for purchase,or for pick-up if you've pre-purchased.

If you've purchased 800 Meters...Books are shipping by Dec. 17th, 2007!

Thank you for your orders and your patience.

Eureka to Crescent City, California

2007-12-14T19:58:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 4 Hours 36 Minutes 49 Seconds
Travel Distance: 76.37 Miles
Average Speed: 16.5 mph

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Garberville to Eureka, California

2007-12-13T19:57:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 4 Hours 51 Minutes 28 Seconds
Travel Distance: 79.65 Miles
Average Speed: 16.7 mph

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Clear Lake Oaks to Garberville, California

2007-12-12T19:55:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 7 Hours 1 Minutes 45 Seconds
Travel Distance: 117.62 Miles
Average Speed: 16.7 mph

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Davis thru Sacramento to Clear Lake Oaks, California

2007-12-11T19:54:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 6 Hours 21 Minutes 2 Seconds
Travel Distance: 97.54 Miles
Average Speed: 15.3 mph

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San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge to Davis, California

2007-12-10T19:52:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 6 Hours 5 Minutes 59 Seconds
Travel Distance: 103.21 Miles
Average Speed: 16.9 mph

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Santa Nella thru San Jose to San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge

2007-12-09T19:49:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 6 Hours 56 Minutes 37 Seconds
Travel Distance: 121.26 Miles
Average Speed: 17.3 mph

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Firebaugh to Santa Nella, California

2007-12-08T19:47:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 2 Hours 38 Minutes 24 Seconds
Travel Distance: 42.90 Miles
Average Speed: 16.2 Ave. speed

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Corcoran thru Fresno to Firebaugh, California

2007-12-07T19:46:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 5 Hours 34 Minutes 56 Seconds
Travel Distance: 88.89 Miles
Average Speed: 15.9 mph

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Pyramid Lake thru Bakersfield to Corcoran, California

2007-12-06T19:44:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 6 Hours 8 Minutes 11 Seconds
Travel Distance: 120.68 Miles
Average Speed: 19.6 mph

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Los Angeles to Pyramid Lake

2007-12-05T19:43:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 3 Hours 52 Minutes 15 Seconds
Travel Distance: 58.13 Miles
Average Speed: 15.0 mph

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Oceanside to Los Angeles, California

2007-12-04T19:41:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 5 Hours 48 Minutes 2 Seconds
Travel Distance: 96.19 Miles
Average Speed: 16.5 mph

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El Cajon thru San Diego to Oceanside, California

2007-12-03T19:39:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 3 Hours 35 Minutes 31 Seconds
Travel Distance: 49.43 Miles
Average Speed: 13.7 mph

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Ocotillo to El Cajon, California

2007-12-02T19:37:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Tims: 5 Hours 7 Minutes 40 Seconds
Travel Distance: 79.89 Miles
Average Speed: 15.5 mph

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Calexico to Ocotillo, California

2007-12-01T19:32:00.000-08:00

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 2 Hours 8 Minutes 4 Seconds
Travel Distance: 23.70 Miles
Average Speed: 11.1 mph

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Yuma, Arizona to Calexico, California

2007-11-30T23:55:00.000-08:00

Finally in California! In CA you can’t ride the freeway if there is a frontage road. The frontage road was the worst road I have ridden on the trip. It probably hasn’t been paved in 20 years. The weather started out ok but about 2:30PM a huge thunder storm rolled in and it started to rain, not just a little rain but in was cats and dogs.

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 3 Hours 44 Minutes 40 Seconds
Travel Distance: 65.72 Miles
Average Speed: 17.5 mph

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→ URGENT REQUEST – PLEASE READ ←

2007-11-30T23:13:00.000-08:00

Thank you to everyone who forwarded the blog link to their contacts. If you haven’t yet, I would greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word.

Now, I really need your help... This ride is getting long and the money is getting short. I am requesting additional help from everyone that views this blog. I need donation to successfully complete this ride. I am running out of money and the success of the trip and the mission is in jeopardy. Your donation can make a huge impact in the success of A Generation Free. If you are not able to donate money at this time there are plenty of other ways that you can show your support. I am in need of media exposure. If anyone has contacts with the media please forward me the contact information...It would be greatly appreciated. Please be generous by giving anything you can or just spreading the word about my efforts.

To make a donation go to: http://www.agenerationfree.org/

Thank you so much for your help!

With love,

Mikael

→ URGENT REQUEST – PLEASE READ ←

2007-11-30T23:03:00.000-08:00

Each and every one of you who visits this blog makes an extraordinary difference to me as I undertake this ride. I could not do it without your support – in fact, if it was all about me, I would have quit a long time ago.

Now, I really need your help. To attract corporate sponsors and corporate donations, I need to show how much attention this blog and ride are attracting. PLEASE forward this link to EVERYONE on your contact list and request that they visit the blog. Please support me in having 10,000 people visit this site by December. It will make an enormous difference in helping me complete the ride. Keep visiting the blog regularly there are going to be several changes and additions to the blog that I think everybody will enjoy.

Thank you so much for whatever help you can provide.

With love,

Mikael

Gila Bend to Yuma, Arizona

2007-11-29T23:53:00.000-08:00

The weather conditions were perfect for riding but again the roads were good and bad. It was mostly flat with one mountain pass.

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 5 Hours 28 Minutes 9 Seconds
Travel Distance: 114.68 Miles
Average Speed: 20.9 mph

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Mesa thru Phoenix to Gila Bend, Arizona

2007-11-28T23:52:00.000-08:00

Clear and mostly flat. Some of the best and worst roads of the trip!

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 4 Hours 32 Minutes 00 Seconds
Travel Distance: 90.65 Miles
Average Speed: 19.9 mph

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Superior to Mesa, Arizona

2007-11-27T23:50:00.000-08:00

Finally the morning temperature was back in the 50’s, with an afternoon high in the 70’s. It was a clear with little wind.

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 1 Hour 41 Minutes 45 Seconds
Travel Distance: 35.33 Miles
Average Speed: 20.8 mph

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Show Low to Superior, Arizona

2007-11-26T23:48:00.000-08:00

Another cold, cold morning! Starting temperature of 26 degrees with an afternoon high of only 54 degrees! It was up and down for most of the morning with the elevation around 7000 ft. Then I dropped down into the Salt River Canyon. When I left the base of the canyon I had about an hour and a half ride out. The rest of the day was up and down. I ended the day at an elevation of 4600 ft. Hard day!

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 6 Hours 49 Minutes 15 Seconds
Travel Distance: 114.86 Miles
Average Speed: 16.8 mph

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30 miles east of Show Low to Show Low, Arizona

2007-11-25T23:46:00.000-08:00

Cold and clear with a morning temperature of 21 degrees.

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 1 Hour 50 Minutes 1 Second
Travel Distance: 29 Miles
Average Speed: 15.0 mph

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Quemado, New Mexico to 30 miles east of Show Low, Arizona

2007-11-20T23:44:00.000-08:00

Clear, Cold and Windy! It was 25 degrees when I started riding. Again the wind was blowing so hard it was like I was riding in place. As you can see by the average speed I was barely moving. It was up and down the whole day with most of it being up. I had to stop early and drive into Phoenix to meet Amanda and Mikaila at the airport. They are joining me on the trip for the next couple weeks.

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 5 Hours 3 Minutes 31 Seconds
Travel Distance: 66.63 Miles
Average Speed: 13.1 mph

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Albuquerque to Quemado, New Mexico

2007-11-19T23:41:00.000-08:00

Another cool morning at 40 degrees but again it warned up nicely in the afternoon. Another tough day of hills that seemed to never stop! I started the day at 5000 ft and climbed to over 8000 ft before dropping down to 75 ft. For most of the day I was riding out in the middle of nowhere, only a few cars passed me in a 3 hour period. Again, I had to finish the last 2 hours in the dark. Just so you know how out in middle of nowhere we were we didn’t even have cell coverage when we stopped for the night.

My 16th birthday party, what a great group of friends

Start of the day in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Out in the middle of nowhere off of Hwy 117

New Mexico Arch off of Hwy 117

Riding in the dark with my dad behind me in the truck, it got cold quick once the sun went down

Daily Travel Stats:

Travel Time: 8 Hours 24 Minutes 4 Seconds
Travel Distance: 138.83 Miles
Average Speed: 16.5 mph

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I look forward to hearing from you.