The 5 skaters have embarked on their skate across the USA. Here is some of their blog. Day 1: We left Newport and skated Highway 20 today for over 100 miles, it was awesome! We all agree that at times it can get scary when the bike lane is narrow but most of the time it wasn’t to bad. Towards the begging a few of us had to use the restroom, number 2 and we went on the side of the road. Overall it wasn’t to bad, there were a decent amount of hills both up and down but it was never to steep either way and there were lots of flats. We took a decent amount of video and hope to take way more tomorrow. We got off to a late start so we didn’t quite make it to sisters but we are very close and hope to make up ground tomorrow! Day 2: We woke up today in the beautiful small city of Sisters, OR we took our time packing up the camp site as none of us wanted to leave, The Depot Deli was kind enough to donate a breakfast and it was delicious! We then started to skate down the highway and it was great, perfect temperature either flat or slightly down hill and nice wide bike lanes. Towards the middle of the day it started to get very hot and the roads seemed to have more gravel, it is not fun to have to push your board downhill.. Yes Downhill. The last 30 miles of the day was a big struggle and we were very exhausted. Elkhorn Motel and Store in John Day, OR was kind enough to donate a room for the evening. John Day is a very small city we walked through the whole thing seeing if there was anything exciting for the evening to sadly be disappointed. We met a few residents of the city/motel and they were all very kind and wished us the best of luck. It is very different here than back in California we hope to have videos/pictures up soon. Day 3 and 4: Towards the end of Oregon things got kind of difficult as we were skating along the highway with temperatures over 100 degrees, the car started to overheat from using the air conditioner so we had to sit in the heat. We were then pulled over by a police officer for skating on the highway but when we told him what we were doing he just gave us some advice on how to follow the skater and he was on his way. Seeing the Oregon trail was pretty cool and we now no what those travelers had to go through… kinda. As we crossed into Idaho the roads became flatter and smoother, the highway was wider with more lanes, more cars, and a wider shoulder. As the car followed us we got many friendly honks. We then made a stop at the first rest stop where a passing trucker came up to us asking all about our trip and he said he saw us in Oregon, he was super friendly and stolked on what we were doing. We decided to spoil ourselves on day 3 so we slept in a motel, I planned on getting some video editing done but by the time we were all unpacked we passed out. As we made our way deeper into idaho the highway became narrower with less cars and more gravel however the wind was on our side pushing through the 90+ degree weather was surprisingly not so bad especially comparing to the day before. Passing through the more desolate parts of Idaho the people became less friendly yelling at us to get off the road… We were again pulled over, the police officer said someone called the police on us for hanging onto the car while skating (never happened). We explained to him we never did that and what were skating for and he said that was ok and left us be. We then made our way to Picabo with a population of 130+ people. We decided we would go a little further and we made it to Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve which seemed like it would be rad. When we got there it was filled with insects and was hot. The closest place which sold food and drinks was 20 miles away in a town called Arco. We went into town and the Lost River Drive In was very nice and hooked us all up with free burgers and fries. We then headed back to camp and spend the nigh in tents where we made friends with the local chipmunks. To learn more about the trip, visit skateacrossusa.com