I was expecting a lot of dew overnight but it did not happen. Which is good, since Sue slept on the picnic table once again. Snoopy sleeps on his dog house. Sue sleeps on a picnic table. She does have a tent but for some reason, other than having to unpack and pack the tent, she prefers the picnic table.
The first mission this morning was to find food. There was something promising about 10 miles from where we camped but 2 years ago the town where the store was located burned because of a forest fire. We were able to find little shack near the side of the road that made good egg sandwiches and the best smoothies.
The ride was good and we made it to Eugene in very good time. There was not a lot of climbing today but it was getting hotter as we got into lower elevations. State road 126 had no shoulders or very small shoulders and we were happy to get off the road at Walterville. There were a number of logging trucks on the road as the forest products companies were trying the salvage the trees killed from the previous forest fires.
We needed to make three stops once in Eugene. The first was at the DQ for a late lunch, the second was the train station to plan Sue’s trip back east to Connecticut, and the third was to UPS for Sue to figure out the best way to send her gear back to her house. Mission accomplished and plan was made. Sue would ride with me to Seattle since she had to go there to catch the train back east.
Today’s stats: total mileage 66.13, average speed 13.8 mph, elevation gain 597 feet, elevation loss 1201 feet, maximum speed 30.2 mph.