Welcome to Oregon - Home of the Mighty Headwind

6/4 - Harris Beach State Park, OR (64 miles)
It was a cold, rainy morning... perhaps an appropriate greeting from Oregon. Our fuel supplies were very low (down to peanut butter), the hunger meter was high and this cold weather was quickly sucking the life from our legs. It was time to PIG OUT in Brookings, OR. The picture below gives you a glimpse of our typical daytime dining experience. This scene however, was our biggest binge to date... and we learned the hard way about shopping hungry, especially when you have to haul all that food on your bikes.











6/5 - near Gold Beach, OR (23 miles)
True, we got a late start (due to some bicycle issues), and true we knew the wind usually picks up in the afternoon, but we are getting stronger you see... and the wind really hasn't been that bad lately. And so, we learned the hard way, once again - like a head-splitting hangover - the wind can really suck. Especially when you see the bikers going the opposite direction with big carefree smiles and you hear the Nascar sound ... nyeeeowwww. I think our top speed going down hill was 10 mph and there were several gusty bridges where 1 mph took everything we had.