Just around the corner

Our longest ride, 74 miles. At first we wanted to cut it in half but once on the road, we got lazy and just wanted to keep going. Well we made it. Sort of.

Heidi had a rough time because she hadn't been eating as much as us. Then we made a rule. Everytime we cook, usually pasta and some random sauce, we have to eat at least three cup fulls. Its been working out great.

The ride was quite beautiful, especially when we ran into Oceanside. Exactly as the name of the town says, thee ocean was fierce and the wind was even fiercer. Lots of headwind made our 70 mile trip even worse. But we made it down the Rathtrevor Beach in one piece.

It was a nice campsite, a hiker-biker camp. It was just a big lawn with tables for anyone to camp. It would've been more fun if we had enough strength to meet more people. It was a very nice beach too with deer and bunnies running around everywhere.

Just a little water

With one day of camping udner our belt, we were ready to ride our first full day into another camp. We were all woken up by the rain. And man, it was raining. We broke camp as fast as we could and ate a bit of breakfast. We suited up in our rain gear, except George in his jeans and poncho, and tried to ride out.

We were pummelled by the rain. No other way to describe it. If there is anything worse then trying to climb a hill with a bucket of water being dumped over your head every 5 seconds, tell me. It was bad.

The sun came and we were glad until it started to rain again. We changed a bit so our new clothes got wet again. We headed to the campsite, Saltery Bay, in low morale. Until we got there, the campsite was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. A huge forest right next to the beach. Mermaid's Cove was beautiful and we sat there for an hour. Then it started raining again.