Saturday, June 11, 2016

Day 1 June 5, 2016 Astoria, Oregon to Seaside and back

 Day 1      June 5, 2016   Astoria to Seaside and back  49.4 miles
We had a beautiful day to begin what we hope is our cross country bike trip. The temperature was in the low 60’s when we started, and we had cool breezes all the way. The challenge was following the instructions on the map. We went out of our way because I hadn't read them closely enough. But we backtracked, and all was well. It was a great warmup ride, and we dragged our bikes through the sand to dip our wheels in the Pacific Ocean. We had lunch, headed back, and stopped at Fort Clatsop on the way. I headed straight for a coffee shop we had seen yesterday since I didn’t have my morning coffee. Dave stopped to take some pictures. It was a great way to end the day.
Our apprehensions about the ride are  gone (for the moment, at least) because we had such a great day. And it should just get better!

1 comment:

  1. I am glad you added pictures. We were beginning to think that maybe you were in Hawaii lounging around on the beach while you wrote this blog

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