Had coffee with RVers so didn't get away as early as we would have liked. Stopped at Paradise Cafe which was recommended and had the largest pancake we had ever seen - they had to be at least 16" x 10". The waitress told Ed he didn't need to order 2 and she was right. It was a sunny day with a lot of wind but fortunately, it was blowing out of the North. The first really windy day we have had. The only camping options were at 30 miles at Gold Beach where it was extremely windy and cold (we did eat lunch there and had some super blackberry pie) so we chose to go on to Harris Beach State Park which was 56 miles... our 2nd long day in a row. There were several vigorous climbs involved so we had debated whether to go on or not but the wind helped us up them. The wind also made it treacherous going downhill as the bikes were quite unstable so we had to ride the brakes all the way down. The ride had a number of gorgeous views of the coastline.
Met Richard and his daughter from London who were riding from Bellingham to LA. We also met 2 guys from Germany who had travelled from Anchorage and were going to Las Vegas.
Just looked at a map of Harris Beach State Park...geez you guys are almost to CA already...way to go!
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