Enjoying A Rest Day In Astoria
366 miles later and here we are....in Astoria Oregon where, we are experiencing a sense of alignment which is very much foreign and very very much welcomed. For the first time, our world is aligning into that joyous happy spot we've long imagined. Let me back up...since the moment we stepped off the train we have been hammered with rain, and some challenges...keeping the tent dry, adjusting to an insane amount of daily physical exercise, finding shelter and food in very primitive terrain, managing the sheer weight of our load off the bike (which painted my body in bruises), sharing the road with logging trucks barreling past at 70mph, dealing with wet feet (which have been wet since our grand Canadian departure)...I could go on. But what's more insane than that is the fact that Colin and I have bicycled through the entire state of Washington! We have seen the Olympic National Forest, combed the states driftwood laden beaches, cycled through rain forests, waded in tide poo