by Allan | Sep 3, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
To complete the bike repair side journey: i had ridden fifteen miles or so from the park to the outskirts of Tillamook, where in fewer than ten minutes I caught a ride to REI with Scott, a custom home builder from Garibaldi. We hit it off well. Like so many, he told...
by Allan | Aug 31, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
My iPad, that I bought to blog this trip, is more trouble than joy. It loses things, like draft posts. I write when the chance occurs, which is usually somewhere (like a campground) lacking wifi, and then add photos and upload when passing through a town with good...
by Allan | Aug 30, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
I’m staying a second night at Cape Lookout State Park. Last night rain came down, “like in winter”, one local told me. My good tent seeped water through the floor, which is a huge no-no in the tent world, and I ended up here a second night to...
by Allan | Aug 28, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
Tonight I’m camping at Bruceport County Park, south of South Bend and north of Astoria, on Washington’s southwest coast. Each of the campgrounds in Washington has had a “primitive” section for those who arrive on foot or bicycle. The section...
by Allan | Aug 26, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
The last three days have been riding days, as I settle into this travel phase of the journey. From Port Townsend I have ridden along the west shore of Hood Canal, which is also the eastern edge of the Olympic Peninsula. Deep, mossy, lush and overgrown forest is...
