Somewhere on the road in Washington...Update from the road: Larissa's knee is taped up and she is feeling better and ready to get back on the road. Read on.... Our intrepid bike rider Larissa Powers has hit a snag in her plans. Her knee is swollen and her patella ligaments are inflamed and swollen. She is taking extreme caution. For most of the way, she is riding in the Sag Wagon as the bikers head for Odessa, WA, some 83 miles up the road from Vantage, WA. The trip continues for the 17 riders on the Big Ride Across America for the American Lung Association. "It would be better for me to rest…

The Big Ride Across America for the American Lung Association is not all work and no play. On Tuesday, June 26, the riders will enjoy their third day off on a journey that departed Seattle June 18. The entire ride team will be honored at Missoula's Clean Air Celebration at Big Dipper Ice, Missoula, MT. The celebration is being hosted by the American Lung Association in Montana. Participants include Renee Klein, president/CEO of the American Lung Association of the Mountain Pacific Region; Mayor John Engen of Missoula, Steve Lindbeck, a Big Ride participant and CEO/General Manager of Alaska …

Picture this one: You stumble out of bed; grab a cup of coffee, throw on some biking clothes and get ready to head out for a little ride around the neighborhood.Only thing is, your neighborhood happens to be the United States of America. At 7:30 a.m. this morning (Pacific coast time), you and 16 fellow bike riders will head out for the adventure of the summer.These intrepid riders are off on a 3,300-mile journey that will take 48 days and wind up on the Mall in Washington, D.C. August 4.Along the way, the riders will cross over the breathe-taking Cascade Mountains of Washington; the mountains…