Clinton, WA to Deception Pass, WA $60 :: Bike parts, food, campsite 56.04 mi :: 15.6 hr :: 37.8 mph :: 3.6 mph :: 901 mi Tried to take Jim, Debra & her kids to breakfast but only Jim let me pay, & he didn’t have much. Went to the bike shop, Velocity Cycles, and…

Clinton,WA Went for a nice walk around the local forest. Recognized red cedars, bigleaf maple, western hemlock, black huckleberry, sword fern, salmon berry, boysenberry, Douglas fir. Didn’t recognize one fern with lots o’ little leaves and a tall deciduous tree. Felt some stinging nettles. Ouch! At the house cooked eggs, did laundry, tuned bike.

Bremerton, WA to Clinton, WA $5.40 :: tacos, ferry ride 78.04 mi :: 15.32 hr :: 38.8 mph :: 3.0 mph :: 845 mi On the way out of town I pass library & decide to stop to do some work on the net. I get on no prob, do my late Astoria report, talk…

Centralia, WA to Bremerton, WA $12 :: food, campsite 98.47 mi :: 10 hr :: 39.2 mph :: 9.8 mph :: 766.9 mi Holy shit! I had no idea I did almost 100 miles today. Wow. Guess that’s what a little tailwind can do. Now that I think about it, I just enjoyed riding today.…

Seaside St Pk, WA to Centralia, WA $21 :: snacks, airplane ride 55.8 mi :: 8.3 hr :: 39.3 mph :: 6.5 mph :: 668.4 mi Still cloudy & moist this morning, packed up wet. Stopped @ the Mt. St. Helens visitor center, but tho the sky was clearing, clouds clung to the mtn. Thinking…

Astoria, OR to Seaside St Pk, WA $32 :: Postage, breakfast, snacks, campsite 73.75 mi :: 9.23 hr :: 35 mph :: 7.8 mph :: 603.9 mi I meant for this to be an easy day. Now I’m exhausted. I did manage to send the package, using the back door of the PO again. Yippie!…

Ecola St Pk, OR to Astoria, OR $75 :: room, food, laundry 30.11 mi :: 3.46 hr :: 30.7 mph :: 7.9 mph :: 530.2 mi Had to break camp in medium-heavy rain today. Several downpours through the morning. Seaside is one of the nicest towns I’ve seen – must be very wealthy. Beautiful homes…

Cape Lookout St Pk, OR to Ecola St Pk, OR $20.75 :: groceries, ice cream 66.60 mi :: 9.58 hr :: 36.5 mph :: 6.6 mph :: 500.1 mi Was ready to go about the same time as Marty, so we started together. My first time riding w/ someone at length, slmost all day. He…

South Beach St Pk, OR to Cape Lookout St Pk, OR $19.20 :: lunches, sunblock, campsite 76.36 mi :: 9.47 hr :: 37.5 mph :: 7.7 mph :: 433.5 mi Great day! I thought I was relaxing – I can hardly believe how many miles I did! Broke camp wet at 8:30 during a short…

Wm. Tugman St Pk, OR to South Beach St Pk, OR $9 :: lunch, ice cream, campsite 84 mi :: 9.3 hr :: 38.7 mph :: :: 357.1 mi Underway at 8:45 – a little after the folks from Denmark and before the folks from Boulder had even left the tent. Legs felt wobbly, took…