With a strong tail wind, 62-year old Darby Roach and his best friend Mike Mann, cruise into Airway Heights on two wheels.  If you've driven Highway 2 in the past three days you may know who I'm talking about.  They're the two guys on loaded down bicycles, with the sneaky smiles and gusto of young men on an adventure of a lifetime.

Roach and Mann are on a mission to first bike across the United States and then the world.  The pair left Wenatchee Sunday morning and arrived in Spokane Wednesday night. In all, they've logged about 140 miles so far. Their goal is to get to Boston by the end of the Summer.  From there, Roach will fly solo to Europe where he plans to spend the next 3 years seeing the world. From the narrow streets of Paris to the snow covered peaks of Chile, Roach plans to pedal every mile of the way. 

What? Is he crazy? Who would do such a thing? All questions that ran through my mind when Roach told me about his ambitious goal. To understand this wild dream, you have to understand the wild man on the bike.  I don't think he'll mind my choice adjective, he raised me after all.

(Updated 12:13 p.m.) - Can you imagine the pancakes you could grill up in this Washington skillet? Or scrambled eggs or whatever you like to eat.

It’s a cast iron skillet in the shape of Washington. It’s the creation of FeLion Studios located in Madison, Wisconsin.

If somebody really wanted to cook up the envy of Washingtonians everywhere, it would fill the entire skillet with some sort of representation of the Olympic Mountains, Puget South, Cascades and of course Spokane.

How would it be done? Somebody out there has to have a strategy on how to attempt this. Share it with us in the comments below or email nicoleh@kxly.com.

Cougar football is planning way ahead this season. They're bringing back "Battle of the Palouse" to their game schedule so Washington State University can play against the neighboring Vandals at University of Idaho.

Grab your 2013 day planner, because it's going to be awhile. The game is scheduled for September 21st, 2013 at Martin Stadium.

Bill Moos, director of Athletics, announced the game on Tuesday saying the long-standing rivalry will resume, but not on an annual basis. The Cougs have beat the Vandals in all of the last seven times they've played each other.

Also on the 2013 nonconference schedule, a road game at Auburn and a home game against BYU.