The Big Idea

Folly by definition is a foolish action or idea, the word absurdity and phrase "lack of sense" seem to continually arise. But what would life be like without these follies? Why not embrace these ideas and get a little nutty! This is my journal for those adventures, and along the way I hope to meet new people, take the path less traveled, have some fun, and spread the story of this sustainable journey we call life! Here you’ll find short anecdotes about my life, links to enlightenment, and opinions on how to have fun! I would love to hear about your folly, so feel free to e-mail me, I might just post them, and thanks for visiting!

Friday, May 30, 2008

Day 5 May 29th

Day 5 May 29th

Stats: 52.13 Miles, 4:58 Hours, 10.6 MPH Average, 25.8 MPH Average, High 40’s and not a drop of rain!!

Today Molly and I knew we had a long day ahead of us, we woke up in Kalaloch, and headed inland, back towards the mountains and the rain forest. With sore bodies and aching muscles we hoped to find a short cut through the Quinault Indian Reservation but the gravel roads looked like they may have led to the Washington Chainsaw Massacre so we stayed the course and headed back uphill into the mountains. 30 miles dragged by and by the time we made Lake Quinault we were broke. Molly’s sore knees and beat ego was lifted by the gift from the heavens that sat in front of us, a bus that could take us 30 miles down the road and out of the mountains. We struggled to make the decision to give in and get back on track, or push through our 80 mile day. With much hesitation we broke down, paid the 50 cents and we're off.


I know what you all are thinking, we gave up, but we didn’t, we just needed a break, and 80 miles on our 4th straight day was too much, plus the bus ran on Bio Fuel so we felt alright taking the cheap ride.

Anyway we did it and 30 miles down the road we were back on our bikes. We still had 20 or so miles to go, so we got a quick snack at an old fashioned soda fountain and took off.

About 12 miles in we came across the Westport Winery and decided to have a taste. Of course Molly got drunk and couldn’t bike out of there, I got some great video of her episode, check it out. (The Video wouldn't load in this podunk town so I'll up load it next chance I get, it's worth seeing!!)

The rest of the day flowed on and we ended at Twin Harbors State Park, on the south side of Gray’s Harbor which was deserted and had an amazing beach where we ate dinner.

Also, the camp area had hot showers!!! We paid our 4 bucks and got a 24 minute shower which was exactly what we needed to keep our sanity. Over all the day was good, and even though we didn’t ride all day we made it to where we needed to and are back on schedule for tomorrow!!

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