Red white and blue can be a friendly welcome; bicycle style.  Different from an S.U.V. that may have thundered past, with flags flying, while you landed in the ditch.

This great flag and country can be what we are willing to make it. 

At the Dayville Mercantile, banners welcomed cyclists along Oregon highway 26.  It's a route recommended by Adventure Cycling Association as part of their Cross America bikeway.

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Adventure Cycling's roots go back to a bicentennial ride, in 1976, and the organization's old name "Bike Centennial."
My NW bicycle tour 2002

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