June 28, 2010
Went from Bay Center, WA to Astoria, OR today! 47 mile ride and Washington is done with. Pretty nice ride today, not too many steep hills, still a good amount of uphill, but it was a nice gradual uphill; very manageable. Once we got close to the Oregon border, it started drizzling on us. That in itself isn’t too bad, but we were immersed in a pretty thick layer of mist/fog that kept us pretty drenched whenever we were moving. Also, the wind was against us most of the way today (to the point where it would pretty much stop us on a downhill if we stopped pedaling).
Most interesting part of today was definitely the Astoria Bridge. The bridge is 4.2 miles long and has very little shoulder to ride on. Luckily there was some construction going on and only 1 of the 2 lanes on the bridge was open, so we got lulls in traffic as they let the other side pass. At the end of the bridge was a decent uphill which tired us out pretty good, and the downhill on the other side wasn’t much safer with the traffic coming up behind us. I’m pretty happy to have completed a state, now on to Oregon.
We were going to stay at Fort Stevens State Park tonight, but the KOA campground across the street had a nice general store and a pool/jacuzzi. Since we were celebrating getting to Oregon, we paid the extra money and stayed at the KOA campground. Nice facilities, free showers, and a washer/dryer available. That’s pretty much it, tomorrow we hit our first tunnel.
-Chris
