Well, it appears the gentlemen are leaving the valleys of California.

They were welcomed with ice tea and cats at vacation home along the tour route (yes, we know the irony of a tea kept cold by a refrigerator while on a zero emission tour).

James did, however, learn to use a solar cooker.

And sleep in the yard, on a pretty nasty incline. Looking at the photos, it appears to be only barely a yard.

And, our courageous cinematographer, Miles Kittredge, braved throngs of children and the attitude of postal workers to mail footage back to the Flatmancrooked Publishing offices.

They will be in Portland and the reading at Powells in no time! Hope to see a bunch of you folks there.

James Kaelan and cinematographer Miles Kittredge had a long trek on Friday to make it to their next rest stop in Dunsmuir, CA . . .

and, as it has become a regular and welcome chore, before the rest day could officially begin, James gave an interview to the Red Bluff Daily News.

Then, it was a weekend of river-watching and trampoline-competitions.

So, there is a lot of new press, including NPR/Capital Public Radio Interview, IMPOSE Magazine, and the Appeal Democrat. Online stories include ANNALEMMA, RichmondSF, This&That, earthchamps, and greenhub.

The gents made into and out of Chico yesterday, but not before learning to milk cows . . .

and, being stopped, yet again, for an interview, this time by channel NBC channel 24.

and, lastly, a video update from James about the tour, the promotion, and the project!

Today, it is on to Redding.

The gentlemen got just outside of Sacramento when reporters from Marysville finally tracked them down on the interstate for an interview.

When the gents got done with their 50 miles for the day, they were greeted by the grand members of the Godfrey family.

HOMECOMING! The gents rolled through Davis, California, and what we thought was going to be the smallest crowd of the tour. We were pleasantly surprised and grossly wrong!

Then, on to Sacramento and the hometown reading. This was the largest crowd thus far and boy did we move some books!

Now, it is off to the state capital this morning to get some congrats from Senator Stienberg and then onto Portland!