Typical Brent, can't sit still, supposed to be resting all day and starting tomorrow but he had to start riding today. Are any of you surprised? He was able to find two important items he left back in San Diego, his Oregon maps and a camera.
The weather was foggy and chilly in the morning but was nice once the sun broke through.
When Brent was 12 he had been to Seaside, OR before and had a picture of himself in roller skates on the boardwalk. He was excited to re-capture the moment almost 30 years later and have his picture taken again, now with his bike. What he remembered was no longer there. Instead of the beautiful boardwalk, now there were condos and hotels. That would be the first official disappointment of his trip.
He is wondering of the intelligence of the people of Oregon (no offense to anyone who takes offense). When asking a woman how far Tillamook was, she answered with a straight face "about 40 minutes from here". Really?? Had she not see the bike he was riding or maybe the helmet was not noticeable enough.
Later on he had stopped on a rock to rehydrate, still wearing his helmet, when another lady asked him "did you ride your bike up here?". Again, the bike, the helmet...where is the confusion?
He had a new experience today. His very first TUNNEL. He said it was "kind of cool and kind of scary". One cool part was that there was a button he had to push before entering that alerted the drivers that there was a "Bicyclist in the Tunnel".
Thats it for now...until tomorrow!
Miles ridden today: 70
Total to date: 70
Great post Andrea ... no map and no camera ... seems about right. The one thing he told me he COULD NOT FORGET was a camera ... DOOOOHHHHH
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