Foggy Oregon weather finally gave way to sun! We went from Umpqua Lighthouse State Park to Nesika Bay, for a solid 98 mile ride. Our ride began promptly at 8am this morning, and we immediately ascended a hill out of the campground, which took us to another hill, followed by some rolling hills. Luckily, we made 10 sandwiches for the day, including a new flavor – peanut butter-marshmallows-marmite (much to mum’s horror!)
We had lunch on the boardwalk at Bandon, and spent the afternoon riding the coastal hills a couple hundred feet above the ocean. We met a couple on a tandem that were 3 weeks into a year-long circumnavigation of the continental U.S. Wow! Most of the other cyclists we’ve come across are bogged down with multiple panniers worth of gear for their trip; in any case, Jeremy puts the hammer down on all of them.
We did meet one older rancher in the afternoon, while having a snack break in his driveway, who was very nice but didn’t hesitate to share his opinion of all these touring cyclists he comes across: Apparently he finds a lot of male cyclists riding from Vancouver to San Francisco, who talk “all nice and everything”, and whom he expects might be gay, not that there’s anything wrong with that. I didn’t really feel that I could counter his statement, given that Dave’s spandex outfit was topped off with a very cheery bright red jersey and Jeremy was down to his bibs and an open flouro vest, so I just agreed that Dave was heading straight to San Francisco and was quite excited to see it.
At mile 69, mum and dad drove past and restocked our dwindling food supply (I guess we need more than 10 sandwiches), and we were happy to see both them and the additional snacks! We finished up with about a 20+ mile per hour tail and/or side wind, and after having some huge raw oysters, made a big cook-up on the fire for dinner, followed by dark chocolate and giant marshmallow smores. An excellent Friday night.
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