Days 75-79 Zac is in Oregon

We have been travelling and Zac does not have his cell phone charger... so we have had difficulty communicating. Originally, since we were on the West Coast, I was going to stay and just go north to find Zac. Then, it appeared that there would be too much time between the two events.... but apparently not so. Zac got ahold of us as we were getting to our flight to return home on day 79. He was in Dallas, Oregon (I think because the reception was difficult) and has changed to another cycling route to finish. He was somehow cycling through Oregon, going into Washington State and return to Oregon, to complete this long journey at Seaside Beach in less than a week!!!! Seaside lies on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, at the southern end of the Clatsop Plains, about 18 miles south of where the Columbia River empties into the Pacific. At the end of Broadway, Seaside's main street, lies "The Turnaround." It is a roundabout designed to turn traffic around when the street dead ends at the Pacific Ocean. In the middle of "The Turnaround" stands a statue of Lewis and Clark. The statue signifies that not only tourists "turn around" in Seaside, but that Lewis and Clark turned again for home, and their report to fellow Albemarle, Virginia resident Thomas Jefferson, when they reached the Pacific Ocean. Good news.. Zac does not have to bike back! We were planning to go much further north to see his lymphoma-surviving-94-yr.old grandfather.. We are hoping to go meet him, go with him to Alberta, and then bring Zac home. We also hope to do a very relaxed drop in downtown Aiken to welcome Zac home and thank everyone for their interest and their support.. Zac has reached 85% of his goal and so I was hoping to get working on reaching that goal as Zac reaches his. I have my work really cut out for me as well. Zac is to check in today and we are scrambling to make arrangements to go and meet him. Thank you again for all your prayers, good wishes, and support.... there are so many of you out there asking about Zac and I hope he gets to read all the notes when he comes home.

*posted by Zac's grateful mom*