I'd set the alarm for early (6AM) and stayed awake but didn't move for a long time not wanting to deal with what I knew was going to be a cold and damp morning. Got rolling by 7:30 and hit Tillamook for breakfast. I'd seen signs for miles in advance for "The Pancake House" and how it was "People's Choice [2001]." How fickle the people are year to year when it comes to pancakes.
The morning was foggy and cold and it was misting more than raining. These fancy cycling glasses with the yellow lenses really helped (thanks Kat). I passed the Germans a little while later and we played leapfrog for awhile, passing each other as we were respectively resting.
I climbed two pretty big mountains today, or "capes" as Oregonians are fond of calling them. First "Cape LOOKOUT!" (as I like to read it) and then forty miles later another 700 ft "cape" north of Lincoln City. One more smaller cape later (Cape Foulweather) and I was at the Beverly Beach State Park campground. I set up camp before dark and met some of the other "hiker/bikers" for which the site is designated. I sat for a while and talked with Dusty and Franny, who were "hikers" I guess, in that they hike between two campsites and enjoy the three day limit for walk-in sites before trekking back to the former. Dusty a former carnie and Frannie a former something. They gave me a can of "Natural Ice" and we chatted for a spell before I really wanted to get away. My tent: a welcome refuge.
For the day:
Rolling Time: 6:45:08
Distance: 83.02
Ave Speed: 12.29
2 comments:
I think I went to high school with Dusty and Franny.
Wow, you are racking up the mileage! Perhaps your increase in speed is motivated by wishing to leave Dusty and Franny behind? What is Natural Ice? Isn't all ice natural, essentially? It concerns me that it comes in a can...
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