My friends Bill Wagner, Jim "Rip" Morrison, and I were unloading tuna boats in the summer of 1973 in Astoria, Oregon. We worked side by side and would often talk about doing a cross country bicycle trip, but I don't think any of us actually believed that it would happen. Two years later in 1975, Bill contacted "Bikecentennial 76", a group of bicycle enthusiasts in Missoula, Montana. They were willing to give us their cross country bike maps in exchange for riding their route and phoning back information along the way. It was then we all decided to do the trip. Book comes with a 19x13 (special edition) photograph. Contact: www.degrand.com