June 30, 2010
Ride today was from Nehalem Bay State Park to Cape Lookout State Park (49.5 miles). We stayed close to the coast pretty much all day and had about 20-25 miles of flat road or nice rolling hills. Another 4-5 miles was also flat once we hit the Three Capes Scenic Route, but we had some pretty strong winds against us, so that canceled out the pleasant aspect of level ground.
We started off the morning with a short 3 mile ride into the town of Nehalem and stopped at Wanda’s café for some delicious breakfast. It’s amazing how much you can eat when you’re doing a cycling tour. I had a pretty loaded omelet, 4 pieces of toast, a cup of real fresh fruit, and 2 cups of coffee. I’m listing that because I want to remember that breakfast after my trip, it was really good and got us off to a great start in the morning.
About 4 miles north of Tillamook my trailer got a flat tire. I had two spares for my bike’s tires, but none for the trailer tire. Luckily, Taka had a patch kit. I’m pretty happy to have done my first patch job successfully; we were back on the road within 15 minutes. Once we reached Tillamook, I saw a Freddy Meyer store and figured they would have some tubes. They did and now I have two spares for my trailer tire as well.
There’s a couple who camped in the hiker/biker area last night at Nehalem and they’re here at Cape Lookout State Park today as well. They’re headed to San Francisco as their end point, so I’m guessing we’ll be crossing each other’s paths several times on this trip.
Tomorrow we’re tearing down the 50 mile mark with a minimum 58 mile ride. Unfortunately there seems to be 3 large uphill climbs and some rain on the menu for tomorrow as well. I’ll update post ride and let you all know how it went.
-Chris
