Ahhhh, the joys of sleeping in! When I finally got out of bed, the two guys in the RV were gone, they left early to get to a festival in Portland where one of the guys wanted to sell his bicycle-themed jewelry he made the day before (he had some skills!) Neil was gone somewhere too, so it was me and the hitchhiker just hanging out.
I ate some breakfast and hung out, eventually Neil showed up for a few minutes before heading out again, not to be back till tomorrow. He told us to just make ourselves at home and just to lock up when we left. A little while after the hitchhiker left too, to find a ride to Astoria, leaving me all alone in Neil's house!
Around lunch time I hit up the Subway down the street, and then came back and did what I haven't been able to do in a long time - took a midday nap! When I awoke I pulled out the Pacific coast maps and started plotting out my rides, something I never did more than a day or two in advance before, but since I need to at some point purchase a plane ticket back, I need to figure out about when I'll be in San Francisco.
That took a long time as I would go back and forth between looking at the map, the elevation profile, see if any warmshowers people were nearby my stopping points, and found alternate places to camp if those fell through. One nice thing along the coast is all the state parks have $5 hiker/biker sites that do not need reservations, which is very awesome, I could just go from state park to state park if I want to!
It started getting late, so I updated the backlog of days on my blog and talked to my mom, and decided midnight was a good time to stop what I was doing and turn in for the night.
For tomorrow, I ride again!
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