[Hey sorry these are kind of erratic in their timing. We have surprisingly little free time most of the day is riding or eating, trying to do these emails is a second priority. So often we'll be passing payphones but I haven't finished the email, today and yesterday I've had them done but we haven't seen a phone. The long and short is, if there's no email everything's okay we're just not passing phones or I haven't had time to finish the email.]
Up and moving at a reasonable hour, we were stoked. The motivation for miles was the self-inflicted deadline, hit Tillamook by 10:30 and get breakfast, otherwise its Safeway and then back on the road.
After making our deadline with time to spare we bought groceries and started the hunt for a good restaurant. After having it recommended, we ate lunch at the Localmotion. The food was good but the service sucked. I'd paid at Safeway so Brad was getting lunch. I had a fit when I saw him leaving a 20% tip, he replied with "My daddy taught me that you shouldn't be looking at the check unless you're paying it".
After all this riding we were finally going to see the ocean. Six miles from Tillamook and we were finally there, we pushed our bikes down onto the beach and took a taste of the water to make sure it was salty. As we were drinking the two root beers we'd purchased we met a couple from Helena, Montana that offered us a place to stay if we passed through. Pushing the bikes off the beach was a pain in the ass but we managed.
Out through Tillamook on Hwy 6 and finally the wind was with us. Up in the hills we stopped to eat and met two kids from Wisconsin (spelling?) who'd hitched a ride to Portland and were hiking to the coast. They were going to camp on the beach and work their way south.
TOMORROW: We should finally get to Portland to spend a couple of days with Chris Larson (our old roommate and all around nice guy).
andrew
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