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it was good to hear your voice tonight Jed. I was thinking about you and wondering how you were. I got the message that you had two flat tires, and a slashed sidewall. I was afraid you might be forced to walk pushing your bike and carrying your gear, and I was pretty sure that would be extremely painful and damaging to your injured ankle. When you called, I could not bring myself to ask if you had to do that. At least you were in a town, and found a bike shop where you could purchase a new tire. I saw a post on facebook that someone had suggested you get Kevlar reinforced tires, and knew that you had started out already with them. Wyoming must have been a beast on those tires. I don't know anything about these kinds of things, but I have been told those are the best tires you could have had, so it was a big deal they went on you. I guess you can only prepare so much, and then life is just a crap shoot after that. Your voice sounded very good though, so I was much heartened by that. I also checked your fundraiser page, and saw that you got a few more donations. I hope you leave the page up a while after you reach the ocean. I believe we could just keep on keeping on with it for a spell. Maybe those who couldn't before might be able to help out sometime in the future.
I will continue to keep a blog for you till you finish this journey, but perhaps I will go on now and then, and continue your story. You know Jed, it's not just about this run, but about how you live your life, and how you inspire others to do better, and to never give up.

I think it was well said........

Jed Brown.... taking the "I can't" out of the English Language...
one step at a time.

I'm proud to be your mother. I love you Jed.