Up early, tent soggy, bagel and apricot jam for breakfast, then on the road. A hilly day today, apparently, and this begins as soon as we start riding. Nice view from the top, though.
Just after this we stopped at a very local store to buy coffee and dark chocolate Milky Ways. The place sold everything: gas, car parts, snacks, coffee, beer, shirts with “Sand” written on them. The place is called Sand Lake, and they have a lot of it. Then we’re off to Cape Kiwanda, an up and coming surf area, where we have a taco and buy some supplies for later, including FlipFlop wine, which I found unaccountably amusing.
Then on to the big climb of the day, two-mile hill, as a local on a road bike told us. It rises 750ft. Here’s Diane arriving at the top. She didn’t look this happy halfway up, let me tell you.
So now we’re bunkered down at a campground near sunny Lincoln City. Rest day tomorrow, as we’re feeling a bit knackered. We can do our laundry, check out the bikes, and recharge all of our small portable devices. It’s the 4th of July tomorrow, traditionally a holiday here, celebrating the US getting away from the Brits. They had various celebrations during the evening, including a singsong with ice cream. For a dollar, we got the largest amount of ice cream I think I’ve ever eaten in one sitting. Delicious, too.
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