Miles 63
Total Miles 68
What a great day of riding. Today’s route was through a bit of the
Olympic National Park and areas adjacent to it.
Probably about half the ride was on roads and half on paved rail
trail. There were areas that were just
stunning in their beauty. I will have some
pictures and hope they do justice.
The State of Washington has done a great job with the
rail trail to and around Lake Crescent. The
forest is a rain forest and it is just amazing how green and thick the foliage
is. The trail is smooth and I think Tim and I were the only ones in there
today. It was just so peaceful and
quiet.
It was a little cool today. I don’t think it got much over 50 and the sky
was cloudy most of the day. We had to
dress pretty warm and we kept the warm cloths on all day. The last hour or so of riding it did start to
sprinkle on us. We put the rain jackets
on and of course since we did that, it stopped.
I guess that makes it worth it.
We didn’t ride through any communities, so just relied on
the things we packed to eat. It seems
when we do these trips, I eat oatmeal for nearly every breakfast, peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches for lunch and then we just packed a bunch of stuff we can
easily cook for dinner. Tonight, we had
bean with bacon soup and toasted cheese sandwiches. Actually, it all tasted great.
I don’t think I mentioned yet how we are doing this
trip. We are not carrying all our gear
(self contained) as we have done in the past.
We are taking the motor home as our SAG wagon and my son Brandon is
driving it each day to our next stop and we camping and cooking etc in it. Brandon is trying to work as we go along. He
said today turned out well, but access to internet is going to be key to him
getting things done and the place we are tonight doesn’t have much to
offer. It is there but tremendously
slow.
Well, that all for tonight. Hope you are all well!! Goodnight.
That tree is growing right up from the stump of a previously cut tree. Crazy.
Plenty of these passed us today.
Part of the rail trail. It was dark and just walked the bike through. Not too long, but it curved its way through.
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