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!
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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!
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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!
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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.
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Take out huge pizza and cookie dough!
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My perfect hosts and good friends Tim Chris and Brooke have given me the perfect welcome to the USA and start to my trip, my thanks go you you are the best!
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Dave Tim and me tonight on downtown Portland

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Portland
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Shinto and me on the local football field in beaverton

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I'm unable to upload photos  for now until i get to a wi fi zone...being a teckynumpty i couldnt get the pictures from my phone into tims pc to upload them and for some reason my pghone isnt connecting to the internet today. The plan now is to go to Tillamook on wednesday morning to dip my wheel in the pacific then take it steady on the first day as i head along the coast through pacific city, rose lodge,, grande ronde, rickreall, monmouth, lewisburg,corvallis harrisburg and up to eugene. I'll see how i feel on the first day as if i do this in a day or take a break overnight at one of the campgrounds on the route. It's been cool having these few days with Tim and Chris to rerst up after my flights and get settled here a bit. The bike feels fine, a little heavy but hopefully i'll just get used to that in the coming week. My text is working, but i cant get e mails on my phone at the moment .

Well I am having a great time with tim and family here in wonderful Portland. I have photos but they don't upload from phone..have wait til I get to a WiFi zone. It's very hot and humid but bearable..if ever you come to the USA go to Portland..have been jamming with tim and Ron and went to the Saturday market and the Japanese gardens here both much recommended. Today I've unpacked and assembled Shinto and did an around the blocks test ride and all is fine. Had a polish meal tonight and I am so gratefully for the wonderful hospitality of tim and Chris here. I will start my ride wednesday morning at Tillamook on the pacific coast. Hope to get pics up soon.
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My good friend Tim and I in Portland today at the guitar shop.

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Got to Portland via Arizona ha ha

Had  a long trip and flight delays and a re route via phoenix.

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Vsplanet.com still rocks

I want to say a big thankyou to my friends from vs planet.com in the states
For their support and offers to meet me on the ride and accomodation. It is nice to know I have friends over there and I look forward to meeting those I possibly can! :)

Tickets

Ok I just collected the tickets...watch out America here I come ha ha!