Today begins the last week of our journey. Because we never did take that rest day, we have several days to go 200 miles. We’re hoping the state parks on the coast will have room in their hiker/biker areas as summer is in full swing and the main campgrounds will probably be full. It’s weird not needing to ride long distances.
We had great weather today but much of the ride was on a busy highway with almost no shoulder! We did take advantage of a nice bike trail between Monmouth and Rickreall. We passed a large blueberry patch packed with people taking advantage of u-pick blueberries at 8:00 AM! Must be opening day or something!
We’re camping at the
Wandering Spirit RV Park. It's right next to the
Spirit Mountain Casino, the first one we’ve seen in Oregon. It’s on the
Grand Ronde reservation, which is a confederation of five tribes that historically occupied the area between the Cascades and the coast.
This will be the test of my patch job on my mattress. I’m not very optimistic. The glue was dried out!
As we were about to turn in for the night Finley shows up, having ridden over 100 miles! He’s due to meet his wife in Astoria on Tuesday so his plan entails a few more miles than ours!
6 comments:
A: Did you all stop and eat some blueberries?
B: What is that thing in the picture?
Here hoping all is well with the air mattress. Unbelievable that the trip of a lifetime is winding down...enjoy these last days. Should have stopped for blueberries!!!!
Looked for blueberries but this was the only place and we weren’t picking!
Either the robot from War of the Worlds; or some crazy log grabber that pulls the logs off the trucks!
You should go to the casino, you would win $ because you are a good luck charm! Do you realize Oregon State, located in Corvallis, won the College World Series last night?!
I watched the game! Finley, the guy we’ve ridden with several days is from Arkansas!
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