Sent from my HTC
Sunday, 24 June 2012
Ok well I made it to blue river after two rides of 75 and 78 miles in two days. Yesterday was seriously hot and I have the sun burn to prove it! Today was cold with heavy rain all day and a headwind as I rode along the McKenzie river. Last night I camped by the roadside at a pic Nov rest site and cooked Chile beef with pasta and slept like a baby. Tonight I am in a river lodge to dry out warm up rest up ready for a serious climb to 5000ft through McKenzie pass. I may stop two nights as the weather on the mountain has shut down with rain fog and the guy I'm the lodge said snow as well. I had some bad back pain on the ride today but it has gone now. The people here are nice and the houses along the river are my idea of home. Yesterday I spent 9 bucks on food and Gatorade today I spent 50 bucks for the lodge to get out of this dam rain!
Sent from my HTC
The photos today don't reflect how beautiful this place is. It was a very tough ride in the rain and by phone battery was almost dead so I was concentrating on riding and getting to a motel out of the rain. The motel on the map was not there in real life. Two kids on bikes told me the next one was 30miles away..great..but Shinto got me here . The lodge owner greeted me with home made cookies . Ah..a warm shower..just the job!
Sent from my HTC
Thursday, 21 June 2012
The houses here are perfect..set in pine woods ...it was sunny today ..my wallet fell from the bar bag and the rear pannier fell off on an amazing downhill ..all is well though. Atm I am in my tent next to a river in a pine forest having just cooked pasta a la Rolf ha ha. I can't get over how great Oregon is..it is grisly stunning. Tomorrow I go to Eugene and hopefully it will be as good a ride. The people I spoke with today guessed I was headed to the east coast as lots of riders seem to be as insane as me ha ha. Camping tonight was ten bucks and I spent ten on food. Big hi to those who read this! Bloody hell..I'm actually doing it ha ha...a great start to the trip and I am happy. Cheers again to tim and Chris AMD Brooke for all they did for me here. Herders hawwwwww lol!
Sent from my HTC
Today was kick off. I dipped my wheel in the Pacific ocean, said goodbye to my mate Tim and headed off along the coast on the ride of my life. Oregon is beautiful. I rode 48 miles and set up camp early so o could get used to it cook and get a good nights sleep. The hills today were challenging but I dealt with them. The climbs will get steeper soon.
Sent from my HTC
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Monday, 18 June 2012
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)