9/6: when it rains

Today, we saw shadows on the ground for maybe 5 min. The rest of the time it was overcast or raining. Doesn't make for great pictures:

We went along the coast and into the forest a bit. Not a very hard day, but the drizzle was not fun. It doesn't show up as precipitation on radar! Nor did the weatherwoman feel the need to call it a wet day. The stuff that comes down just doesn't rate as rain, I suppose. It just has the effect of preventing anything you have airing out on your bike from drying. 

Put in 55mi still. We had lunch in a beach town that had maybe expat Hawaiians? I was pretty different burritos. I had a baja burrito and smoked salmon tacos. 

The baja burrito was dynamite.

When we pulled up, there was sand everywhere, from the wind and cars driving onto and off beach access. I saw some woman driving an enormous bro-truck. Matt and Gabe talked to some older man on vacation who was very jealous of our cares-in-the-wind trip. I think he was trying to goad his son into trying something like it?

Under light rain, we pulled into Lincoln City and plopped into another hotel. Free wash and dry for clothes. Maybe not worth the ~$100 differential on a campsite. The rain stopped right away, so we walked out to get food. There was this weird strip mall spot for rent:

We decided to eat at a kitschy 60s burger and shake joint. 

This is me trying to eat a 1lb burger in 15 min:

I did not get even close. I did exactly half in 11min and knew that would be that. I did have a few fries after that. 

9/6 pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/105909573807230408134/BikeTour96?authkey=Gv1sRgCJK-u4XjrKaU9AE