Day 67: Here's Mud in Your Eye!

Clatskanie, OR to Astoria, OR

Stats!
Miles biked today: 36.5
Total miles biked on trip so far: 2275.1
Max speed: 31.5 mph
# of bike touring n00bs met: 5
# of karaoke songs sung: TBD

Today was a beautiful ride! Cloudiness and rain aside, it, really was lovely. The road was nice, with a wide shoulder. We climbed a serious hill, but it gave us a great view.

On the way down the big hill, the sky opened up. No big deal, except that both of my fenders broke in the last week. Mud was flying everywhere. The downhills were tough, because mud kept flying in my eyes. We got pretty gross. By the time we reached the bottom of the hill, I looked like a mud monster.

Twenty miles into our ride, we stopped for lunch at Loggers' Restaurant. Before we sat down, I wiped the mud off my face and hands before sitting down,'cause I'm classy like that. We had barely ordered when another group of bike tourists showed up -- maybe 5 or 6 of them. We soon decided that they must be pretty new to bike touring, given what they were talking about. As we got up to leave, they asked us about our trip. We told them, and they were seriously impressed. Turns out, they were on day one -- of their three day tour!

Along the route, we saw a lot of fruit stands. Joy had told us that if we saw a cherries stand, to buy some cherries, so we did! Washington cherries are delicious right now. Mmmmm!

The rest of the trip was rolling hills, but all manageable. We rolled into Astoria at a very reasonable hour, and the town is very cute. We hope to make it to karaoke tonight at the Wet Dog Brewery.

Tomorrow's our LAST DAY! We can scarcely believe it, and we're not sure if we're happy or sad. 21 more miles to go!