1 October 2009

Hello from Pacific City, Oregon. It's been I think 11 days since we left Vancouver - sorry for the delay in posting. I hope that we'll have more frequent internet access for much of the rest of the trip.

It took me about a week to settle into the bike-eat-bike-eat-sleep routine, and for my legs to grow some new muscles, but I think it's finally happening! Yesterday was rainy and gross but the 40ish miles from Nehalem State Park to here were some of my favourite so far. Our longest day was about 80 miles, but most have been quite a bit shorter. Brydone's bike is way heavier than mine but he's so much stronger that he almost always breaks the sometimes strong headwinds that we've encountered in the last few days.

Today I'm not sure how far we will get. I guess it'll depend on the wind. I think we've missed much of the scenery along the Oregon coast so far, hopefully we will catch some today.

Hope everyone is well! Miss you!

I'll try to post more often from now on. I have a bit of a tendency to go overboard with new things and then burn out quickly...so maybe this slow blogging start will mean the opposite and I'll actually stick with this.

Love,

Rill