We took all morning at the hotel repacking our dried out stuff, and hit the ups store to mail back some unneeded things, mostly excess clothing. it was after 1 by the time we got out of Coos Bay, which seemed like: "yeah, we used to be a big deal back when we had trees, and fish. Now that we're down closer to a sustainable yield of those, things aren't so great and we're trying to make up the difference with RV parks."
South of Charleston the road got very steep and hilly as the map said it would. If it'd been that steep on the first day I might've quit. 10 pct. one guy warned us. We were concentrating so hard on just pedaling we got concerned we might've missed a turn. There were compounds but we appeared to be on "privacy lovers lane" - lots of dog, beware of dog, beware of dog owner, private no trespassing, posted, so we didn't stop for directions. We eventually made it to Bullard state park around 5 pm, having come 27 miles. The weather was good and the map showed relatively gentle grade ahead. We decided to throw the long bomb and try for Cape Blanco which looked about another 27. We did make it just before sundown but our knees were very creaky. Chris' big disappointment for the day was the turkey sandwich he got in Bandon (too much mayo, pickle) Mine was not being able to pedal all the way up the last hill into the park (as steep as anything yet, with gravel patches.)
61.5 miles today - our best yet.
Wow... great going! No hills mentioned! I expect your motel night was a good idea, and got you off to a good start the next day. Where did you end up at the finish of the day ? We are tracking your progress on a map.
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