Friday and last night were rough. It probably rained about 70% of the time I was on the road. I stopped at the McDonald's(free WiFi) in Astoria after riding about 50-60 miles. I was soaked, and caught a chill. There's really no place in the city to camp, and I don't have the $$ to spend on a hotel room. After about two hours, I was recovered enough that I decided to push onward to Fort Stevens State Park, which has "hiker-biker" sites (primitive campsites specifically for through-hikers and touring cyclists, usually only $5-10/night). I pulled into the park around 23:30. It was a long day!!
Today I got on the road late. I spent the morning and early afternoon letting my stuff dry out. Fortunately, after some fits and starts, the sun came out and it even warmed up! I packed up and hit the road @ 15:30.
I've been using a map and guide-book--that Michael from warmshowers.com gave me--for the Pacific Coast Bicycle Route. Apparently, they're a little out-of-date, because the place I intended to camp for the night had been down-graded to a day-use only area (a local later told me that, about 2 years ago, an old-growth redwood had fallen and flattened someone's campsite--fortunately they were out hiking at the time--and since then, they don't allow camping). I decided to stealth-camp anyway, since it was dark and I didn't want to be on the road anymore. I probably put in 25-30 miles for the day.
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