What a great day! 75miles from Astoria to Tillamook through some spectacular scenery and cycled with some other great cyclists. All this with sunshine and a huge tailwind! It really doesn’t get any better than that.
Here’s a photo of some spectacular scenery…
And this is Steve from Baltimore. He is cycling to San Diego…
Oh and some grinning idiot in the foreground.
I also met Barry from Seattle who was on holiday with his wife and kids and was out for short ride. Damn him and his feather-weight carbon machine!
All in all a good day. The only slight fly in the ointment was the return of the knee twinge, but I’ll put that down to a longish day in the saddle after a few short ones. Some food and a good night’s rest and I should be good to press on to Newport tomorrow.
I bought some Assos chamois cream in Port Townsend and have been experimenting with it over the past few days instead of Vaseline. I’ve got to say the jury is still out. The menthol essence certainly ‘refreshes’ those parts that Vaseline doesn’t, but I’m not sure it has the same lubricating efficiency. (How’s that for technical information, Sam?). The trial continues…
Love
Pete
Patagonia Pete 
Thats more like, none of this namby pamby pinko scenery nonsense. what we need is hard technical facts like the lube co-effs of the various bum creams.
Any videos of the creams in action would great but only after 9pm.
Still looks like great country. Is it flattish cos your next to a lot of water? And what’s the temp like. “Coldest winter I ever spent was the…….” and all that.
Glad to see you’ve roped in some fellow pedallists. Are planning to pedal with steve for a bit? What’s tillamook like?
Ttfn
Surely that’s just a photo of Branksome Chine that’s slipped in there?
Can we have a photo of you with your hat off please? Judging by the colour of your sideburns, you must be starting to resemble Commander Ed Straker from ‘UFO’.
Keep going!
Steve
Great pics on Track My Tour, Oregon looks lovely x