June 22, 2010
Day 2 of riding and it was a rough one. We started off the day with some ridiculous hills, it got better for a little while, then more uphill. We rode for about 8 hours (excluding a ferry ride and lunch). You never really notice the terrain that you’re driving on, I don’t think I’ve ever appreciated having a car more than right now. 40 miles later, we’re here on the last and biggest island.
I didn’t get any pictures today because I didn’t want to take my camera out of my trailer bag after it was all packed. We did see some great nature scenes today (even though it was jaded by the uphill climb while we were passing them for the most part). About 8 miles into the ride we passed Deception Pass (a narrow bridge over a river between the two islands). The fog was thick below us and looked amazing over the water with the boats going through it. Taka got some pictures, so I’ll put those up when I get them. We followed the coast pretty directly today and got to see the ocean a lot, sometimes with houses in front of it, sometimes with medium sized farms in front of it. After the ferry ride, we had a short 3 mile bike ride to Fort Worden State Park, but we had some trouble finding the campsites. Apparently there are two campsite areas, one on the beach and one a little bit higher up, but we couldn’t find either in the short span of patience we gave the search. Instead, we ran into a hostel and decided to stay here. It worked out pretty well, I think I needed the nice hot shower.
All in all the day was pretty hard, but I’m looking forward to moving on tomorrow. Tomorrow we ride uphill until almost the summit of Walker Mountain here in Washington, but that means we get a nice long downhill ride once we pass the peak. Wish me luck tomorrow!
