If you are, don't cross at the Peace Arch. The crossing is closed for the Hands Across the Border celebration.

Of course, if you are Whistler regular you know better than to cross there any time of year.

Questions and Maybe Answers

Here are some random cycling questions – I would love your input.

1. Why is talking about getting a flat tire off – limits? It is cycling’s version of baseball’s no hitter. If you don’t talk about a flat tire, some how you won’t have one.
2. Why is the guy who throws stuff at you, honks his horn at you, calls you names or flips you off - seem like he is always driving a 4 X 4 truck, wearing flannel, and looks like he is a candidate for DUI school? Why is it never a stress out minivan mom with four screaming kids in car seats under the age of 7? She should be the bitter one; I would be mad at someone who is outside on a quiet solo ride with no one throwing crackers at their back.
3. Why does it seem like the guys I train with all hit the wall on STP at different spots? Scott hits it in Spanaway. Russ hits it at the state line in Oregon. I hit it around Kelso. Kenny hits it at Husky Stadium.
4. The 4X4 guy part 2 – Why is his truck jacked up? Does it have something to do with his height?
5. Why does it seem like I can always get my bike shoe out of the clip – in pedal except when I am at a major intersection with all by buddies watching?
6. Why does Craig Hill only mention the group’s nicknames and never his own? He has some fun ones – Parachute Boy, Water Boy, and Slacker (He calls our STP training work time).

I recently received an e-mail from Paul Payton, director of communication for the American Lung Association, informing me of yet another local couple planning to leave on a cross-country pedal this month.
Greg & Trish Dimmitt from Orting are leaving June 25 to ride their tandem with 40 other people in the American Lung Association's Big Ride Across America.
Payton writes: "The Dimmitt's love to ride their tandem together, but they are also very involved with raising funds and awareness about living with lung disease, as they have lost loved ones to the diseases.  To date, the Dimmitt's have raised more than $17,000 with the support of family, friends and probably many in the Tacoma and Pierce County area."
The Dimmitt's and the other riders leave from Seattle and will ride to Washington D.C.