Geoff Jensen's Words

I'll be posting Geoff Jensen's text messages on my blog this week as he rides across Oregon for HOPE (Helping Out People Everyday) Chest.  But before his first message, here's a little meandering.

According to Webster's, hope means to cherish a desire accompanied by expectation of fulfillment.  When we named HOPE Chest, I spent time figuring out the acronym HOPE would mean.  And, of course, no surprise here, hope means HOPE Chest.  We offer hope, share hope, expect hope and hold hope for those who are helped.  And this week, we hope Geoff's ride is safe.  We want you to hope that too.  Here's Geoff's first text....

Hey, it’s Geoff.  Sorry I haven't been able to update you because there is no service at a lot of the campgrounds. The first day of riding was pretty tough. We changed our route before we left and decided to turn on Alice Street and head toward the town of Union rather than La Grande.  However once getting about 5 miles down Alice Street the road turned to dirt. So we turned around and headed back to the highway where we met my dad and then just drove to our campsite at Catherine Creek State Park. The distance we rode was equivalent to what we had originally planned. So we are right on track right now but taking a little different course to Baker City. We were the only people at the campsite that night and a big cottonwood tree fell across the rode. We called 911 and cleared one lane for traffic to get through. Overall it was a pretty eventful day and pretty tiring.

I am mostly thinking about getting done for the day and getting some food. I just took a picture of myself outside baker city somewhere. Here it is.

Dee Anne off to a meeting and Geoff off on lots more miles.