Third Day in Oregon

Miles: 44
Weather: Sunny
Route: Tillamook to Devil's Lake State Park, OR

Liz and I discussed a lot about how the third day of riding would be the absolute worst, hardest thing, ever. Turns out, wasn't nearly so bad. There was one hill that was an absolute crapshoot, but beyond that, most of the day was flat. Really, the best thing today was the fair weather. I was extremely impressed from seeing the sun again after a day and a half and it made riding today infinitely easier.

I also got to try the trailer today. On flats, it was actually not a horribly hard thing to do, I just had to downshift a gear or so and basically, I was expending the same quantity of energy, I was just going a lot slower. There were these two hills right before Seaside City that completely annihilated me, however. For those, even the lowest gear was extremely exhausting.

The good thing is that once we got to Seaside City, we hit up this tiny little cafe to the left of the road going into it. They had quite honestly the most delicious chicken and wild rice soup I have ever had in my life, and it was topped off with superb bread. Add in a great Sicilian sandwich and I was absolutely in heaven.

All in all, it was a productive riding day, and though tiring, I came out feeling pretty good. Especially now that I'm about to sleep in a yurt. At this rate, I'll be too spoiled to stay in a tent anymore!

The sun is definitely one thing that I would absolutely love to see again. Unfortunately, from what it sounds like, we may be in for some additional rain tomorrow. If so, hopefully we can get ourselves another yurt or a motel. I'm really enjoying these yurts though.