Birch Bay State Park
Miles today: 57
Today I woke up pretty early, 6AM. However that was 9AM EST so I suppose I was just jet lagged. I headed down to the cafeteria but they were not serving yet. I spent my time journaling and taking care of my email. I was still groggy and when breakfast arrived. I drank three cups of tea and then I felt a little better and gave Dana a call to tell her I had arrived and I am doing well.
I hit the showers and slowly packed up and finally hit the road. I made a bunch of stops along the way. First bike lube and gloves, then stove fuel and small luggage locks to keep someone from grabbing and running with my panniers. Also I picked a water bottle up after I left one in the airport in Calgery. Finally I made one last stop, lunch at a restaurant which also was serving a shouting paranoid delusional schizophrenic.
I started putting miles behind me slowly thanks to numerous hills. At a break a few hours in I ran into a couple aussies who were also doing the tour. However they were going to meet up with a touring group in a few days and then without all their gear they were palnning on finishing at San Diago on the 16th. They were riding on a couple folding bikes and more amzing was the case they had packed their bikes in converted into trailers which they were hualing.
I reached the USA border late afternoon and after waiting in line for about 10 minutes I was through and in Washington State for the first ever. Shortly there after I made it to a supermarket that I picked up some dinner at. The most amazing thing, to myself, was tortillas. Tortillas in Canada I tend to find of sufficient quality, not great, and expensive (30-50 cents per tortilla). I resisted the urge to buy a 30 pack for $3.50 and instead got 20. I also bought some cheese and veggie-turkey slices to put in the tortillas.
I left the route to find Birch Bay where I am camping for the night. It was several miles off route and after my third flat for the day (Arg!) I got there, shortly before dark. Fortunately they had saved a spot for bikers like me and I am settled in for the night. It took a while but I found a spot for my hammock in the back of the site. While I ate turkey cheese wraps I tested the fuel I had bought and found I couldn't light it.
Finally I took a shower and now I am headed for bed.
Miles today: 57
Today I woke up pretty early, 6AM. However that was 9AM EST so I suppose I was just jet lagged. I headed down to the cafeteria but they were not serving yet. I spent my time journaling and taking care of my email. I was still groggy and when breakfast arrived. I drank three cups of tea and then I felt a little better and gave Dana a call to tell her I had arrived and I am doing well.
I hit the showers and slowly packed up and finally hit the road. I made a bunch of stops along the way. First bike lube and gloves, then stove fuel and small luggage locks to keep someone from grabbing and running with my panniers. Also I picked a water bottle up after I left one in the airport in Calgery. Finally I made one last stop, lunch at a restaurant which also was serving a shouting paranoid delusional schizophrenic.
I started putting miles behind me slowly thanks to numerous hills. At a break a few hours in I ran into a couple aussies who were also doing the tour. However they were going to meet up with a touring group in a few days and then without all their gear they were palnning on finishing at San Diago on the 16th. They were riding on a couple folding bikes and more amzing was the case they had packed their bikes in converted into trailers which they were hualing.
I reached the USA border late afternoon and after waiting in line for about 10 minutes I was through and in Washington State for the first ever. Shortly there after I made it to a supermarket that I picked up some dinner at. The most amazing thing, to myself, was tortillas. Tortillas in Canada I tend to find of sufficient quality, not great, and expensive (30-50 cents per tortilla). I resisted the urge to buy a 30 pack for $3.50 and instead got 20. I also bought some cheese and veggie-turkey slices to put in the tortillas.
I left the route to find Birch Bay where I am camping for the night. It was several miles off route and after my third flat for the day (Arg!) I got there, shortly before dark. Fortunately they had saved a spot for bikers like me and I am settled in for the night. It took a while but I found a spot for my hammock in the back of the site. While I ate turkey cheese wraps I tested the fuel I had bought and found I couldn't light it.
Finally I took a shower and now I am headed for bed.
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