There was an interesting crowd of young cyclists at the small hiker/biker campground at Honeyman Park. Relative to most people we've met we are packed heavy, but one guy had brought his own espresso machine along as his special ritual luxury. This is funny because on average there is a drive-thru espresso stand about every 2000 feet along the entire Oregon coast.
We made our best distance so far today 40.5 miles but only about 28 of it counted as forward progress. Chris' back tire blew out about an hour after we started. He replaced the tube and patched the tire with a liner of cardboard and duct tape and swapped it to the front. We decided to backtrack to the bike shop in Florence rather than go on, which turned out to be the right call probably as the tear had widened noticeably halfway back and we stopped to wrap the outside too. Now he has 2 new road tires with reflective sidewalls. They glow like ufo's in flash pictures.
Left 9:50
tire blew
repaired w/cardboard & duct tape
decided to turn back to bike shop
patch barely made it
new tires
Ate at Brown Hen, pounded espresso.
Sun came out, rode over hill to Reedsport.
Gardiner, run down logging town.
Reedsport, priced a hotel stay, then decided to pedal for Umpqua lighthouse state park.
Ate at Subway, pounded Dr. Pepper.
1 more hill to get up to park entrance.
40.5 miles
banana slug!
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