September 2011

Eureka -> Garberville

30 September 2011

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Even though I hadn’t gone to sleep until about 12:30 after the mountain of sushi we had had the night before, I was up at 6:30. C was still sound asleep, so I tried to catch up on some admin things that I hadn’t finished on the rest day. By the time C was stirring, [...]

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Crescent City -> Eureka

28 September 2011

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We had a long day ahead of us and had been intending to get out early. For whatever reason, that didn’t happen. We were too busy talking to Gerry and learning about the tor behind his house which local Native American legend says is the birthplace of the earth. Having seen the stars the night [...]

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Gold Beach -> Crescent City

27 September 2011

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Terry has a 4 day work week, a wonderful thing, but it meant that she was up at 4:30 to exercise and then worked from 7 to 5. We try to make sure we say goodbye to our hosts in the morning when we leave, but that was a little earlier than we could get [...]

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Bandon -> Gold Beach

26 September 2011

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We woke up to find the wind howling and the forecast for it to stay coming from the south at 20+mph all day. We only had about 55 miles to go, but with a constant headwind it would be draining. Sandy told me that we could feel free to stay until the wind turned, be [...]

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Florence -> Bandon

25 September 2011

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Wet day so not many pictures I had had my worst night of sleep in a tent since back in Florida. Then it had been because I was paranoid about every noise, but this was caused mainly by the security light of the church which stayed on all night and was right next to my [...]

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Lincoln City -> Florence

24 September 2011

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The night before while we had been out drinking, Alex & Joe had come up with a plan – get us so drunk that we wouldn’t want to ride the next day so they could kidnap us and take us on a road trip. As Alex & Joe were really fun people, we eagerly accepted [...]

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Cape Meares -> Lincoln City

23 September 2011

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Bill & Carol were eager to spend more time with us in the morning and we were glad to. Over a breakfast of french toast we were treated to more stories including one of how they met and another of how Carol has saved Bill’s life 3 times. They had been having some computer problems, [...]

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Portland -> Cape Meares

22 September 2011

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After our relaxing city visits in the Pacific Northwest to Vancouver, Seattle and Portland C felt like we hadn’t been on the bike for a while and was eager to get riding again. That was good, because we had a few days ahead of us. The schedule would see us ride for 7 days to [...]

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Vancouver, WA -> Portland

19 September 2011

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We only had a short ride so, after fixing my puncture, chilled in Vancouver with the goal of getting there for 1pm when Kevin, our host for our time in town, would get off work. I was happy to see the sun making an appearance after the previous days of rain and was hopeful of [...]

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Longview -> Vancouver, WA

18 September 2011

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By the time we were up, Jean had headed out to run an errand so we didn’t get to thank her for the Dutch Baby we found waiting for us in the kitchen. It looked like a giant Yorkshire pudding, but a little thicker and lighter. It was served with homemade jams and icing sugar. [...]

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Centralia -> Longview

17 September 2011

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Having only 50 miles ahead of us, when Sara offered us crepes we were only too happy to wait until whatever time worked for her. As such, C didn’t get out of bed until past 9. I had been up before 7 to try to get a picture of the sunrise, but clouds had thwarted [...]

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Seattle -> Centralia

16 September 2011

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After going to our first Couchsurfing get together the night before, we were glad to get to sleep in a little and not have to head out until 9. Danielle, our host for our 3rd + 4th nights in town was nannying and her parents had left the house by the time we woke, but [...]

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