BREAKING OUT OF BROOKLYN: A cross-country movable feast of comics and writing on bicycle from coast to coast

August 21, 2010 • 1000 miles biked and we are in Chicago, Illinois

August 15, 2010 • Oberlin, Ohio • NEW PHOTOGRAPHS: MEET THE MAYOR OF OBERLIN

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August 12, 2010

August 11, 2010 • Pittsburgh Street Scenes

August 10, 2010 • Pittsburgh, City of Bridges

August 09, 2010

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1000 miles in 21 days, and the Breaking Out of Brooklyn Boys are in Chicago, IL.

Latitude: 41.763172º N, Longitude: 87.559694º W

Earlier in the day…

Latitude: 41.619935º N, Longitude: 87.155180º W

The Breaking Out of Brooklyn Boys are in Oberlin, OH. The Allen Memorial Art Museum is shown in the Way Point Photo, right.				Latitude: 41.293987º N, Longitude: 82.217387º W

While biking into Oberlin, Ohio, a car pulled up to us; the driver asked us where we were coming from. His car had bikes attached to a carrier, and the driver related to us that he was an avid cyclist, and was just retuning from the Jersey Shore where he and his wife were vacationing. The driver is also the mayor of Oberlin.They offered us a place to stay for the evening where we enjoyed their generous hospitality and company, along with many stories of cycling experiences.


		Ken, the mayor of Oberlin, and his lovely wife Lisa.

The Breaking Out of Brooklyn Boys are 10 miles East of Akrin, OH at maker "A." It was raining most of the afternoon. At 1257 they passed Hecks Restaurant at Hecks Road in Columbiana, OH.

Latitude: 40.887941º N, Longitude: 80.670134º W, Altitude: 983 ft.


Jackson at the ready.				It's tough being trendy.		Supposedly Pittsburgh has more bridges than any city in the world. On our way out of town we race The Majestic under a few of them. Sam


Barbara and Jim. Thank you!	Barbara, Jim and Sam.	Sam's trailer pack..
Coincidental Feature?

First Official Sign in Pittsburgh

Nearing Pittsburgh

Barbara, one of our hosts

Sam is relieved to be taking a break

Dinner table in the garden

Beer and fresh corn and candle light

The Breaking Out Of Brooklyn Boys were here at 1040 today, 09 August 2010.

Way Point photo and map transmitted automatically by MotionX GPS from an iPhone.

Sam and Mike are camped here tonight. Pittsburgh lies just west and Altoona north and east.

GPS location and map sent trough MotionX GPS via iPhone.


	You think that's a Fixie or a Cruiser?	Penn State Krishnas.

Penn State.	Coolest bike shop ever!	Lonely mountain cemetery.

Now that's a sexy scarecrow!		I don't know what it is but I know it has to do with farming and looks cool as shit! (DesignWorks: It is a HAY TEDDER, and is used to scatter hay in a field after cutting and before wind rowing to allow the hay to cure optimally).

Another road behind us.

	Enjoy your bacon because these are the factories that produce the pigs your getting it from.	Onward ...always onward!

Tyrone, PA.		Bridge at Sunset

The water park we didn't get to go to.	Thinking of Mom. M	To all my smokers! Did you ever think you'd see a tobacco product for 99 cents again. If you ever did before.

Jackson's world turned upside-down.

Photos came in today ( 8 August 2010) for days 6 and 7. I will be resizing them and posting them shortly. Here are just a few. The team is sending one photo per email via their iPhones, and as you might know by now their positions are being sent home through the application MotionX GPS on Sam's iPhone.



				We rode and rode this rolling road through Amish country on our way to the what we thought was a sizable town only to find a one road strip. We ate some pretty bad Italian food and discouraged, began making our way to the next town and the hopes of lodging. That's when Sandy and Carol found us on the road. They offered us a spot to pitch camp, filled us with beer and stories, and helped ease what almost turned out a dire day's ending. Sandy and Carol's Place >>>

Mike before breakfast.

Good morning! Carol and Sandy made us a great breakfast if free range eggs, raw milk, yogurt, toast, pepper jelly (yum!), fresh grapes, and coffee for Sam. Energized and ready to start our rude, we shall now depart to State College (city name), the bank, Post Office, Best Buy, and then to the western beyond.

Sam's morning visitor.

Breakfast, Stroudsburg, PA.

Where's my eggs?

These photos are coming in via iPhone through out the Breaking Out Of Brooklyn Project. I will post them in the section for the day they were made. I may get them a day or two late, but eventually they will be on this page.

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