George's Day

We had a fairly tough day ahead of us. We started our around 10 because Steven wanted to ride along with us part of the way. He was a nice enough fellow and we were glad he wanted to come along. We rode well into the foggy hills and I talked with him quite a bit. We were able to catch small glimpses of the Oregon landscape through the high trees. The road we took was completely free of cars and that made things so much more enjoyable.

We made it into a small town and that was where we split with Steven. He wanted to dry some his stuff in the twinkle of sunlight we rode into because the night before all of his things got wet. He started out with a hammock, which proved to be too cold for him. Then he went out and bought a $23 dollar tent that did not hold water. So for two days straight he did not get any sleep. We left him at a park where he layed all of his things out and took a much deserved nap.

In Langlois we stopped at a market where we bought lunch from a cute worker. There we ran into Adam again, we hadn't seen him for two days. We had caught up with him because the day earlier he had biked a good 70 miles. It was nice running in to him in the middle of nowhere.

Near the campsite, we stopped at an awesome viewpoint called Battlerock. What made it even better was when our old friends Kelly and Matt came by. Such a surreal moment because we thought they had dusted us in the wind and were miles ahead. We had a nice chat and Matt gave George a warm beer to celebrate his George's birthday. Oh yes, George's 21st birthday.

We had to get to the campsite early because George's buddies, Brandon and Craig, his family, Dad and Derek, and our buddies, Eric and Kevin, all came up to the campsite to celebrate George's big 21. They cooked dinner and breakfast for us and brought some ice cold drinks for all of us, except Heidi because she is a little baby. We all deserved it for our hard work and many thanks for all those guys that came up, you all don't know how much we appreciated that gesture.