| Show Brothers Bicycling Across U s Two brothers passed through Vernal last weekend on bicycles es making their way from Cal Cal- California to the East Coast They had left their home in Cruz California on June 29 and were averaging 70 miles milesa a day The Thc boys were traveling light with sleeping bags emer gency rations and a shelter weighing but 20 pounds Their bicycles were equipped with fi five ve gears When they reached Vernal they said they hadn't walked once While crossing the desert the brothers encountered a 11 rain rainstorm rainstorm storm They re resorted to their plastic shelters hellers to protect them from the downpour At night they slept on lawns or more fre fre- fre frequently I Ip jails where they us us- us usually found more comfortable beds They had traveled traveled free of I accidents an and were in good health when they reached Vcr Vcr- nal nal Ver-I Ver I The Thc brothers Bud 23 and Jim Bates IS 15 plan to visit Washington DC and New NewYork NewYork York They will sell their bicy- bicy bicycles bicycles cles there and hitchhike hitch their way home They are arc the sons of Mr and Mrs 1 E W Bates of Santa Cruz |
