God's Amazing Miracle - Day 14

The day brought 2 mountains (gains of about 800' each in elevation with steep pitches) that Sharla was dreading.  Several stops on the way up made them endurable but getting the bikes going again on an incline was difficult.  One of Sharla's attempts resulted in a fall and a skinned knee.  

We stopped in Pacific City at a little cafe for a big second breakfast. The place was quite busy so took us quite awhile.  The day had been cool & foggy and 2 1/2 miles out of Pacific City, the sun was shining so we stopped to take our jackets off and put on sunscreen.  As we were getting back on our bikes, someone drove by and hollered, "Ed and Sharla". We had no idea who would know us up here. It ended up being one of Sharla's college roommates, Ellen Osborn. She lives in Arizona and unknown to us, her daughter lives in Pacific City and Ellen was in Oregon for the birth of her new grandchild.  Ellen knew we were riding down the coast on 101, but wasn't aware of exactly where we were at in our journey and was looking at all bicyclers to see if she could spot us.  It had probably been 15 years since the last time we had seen each other.  God's timing was so amazing in how long it had taken us to climb the hill, how long it took us to eat, and Ellen happened to be on the same road at the same time as us.  It was really special to see her again.

After 5 nights on the ground, we decided to get a motel in Lincoln City and do our laundry. Milestones we accomplished today included completing our first 500 miles of the journey and crossing the 45th parallel which is halfway to the equator.