Hello friends and family!
We successfully made it through our first day! So here are the stats: Newport to Corvallis, 55 miles, 4 hours 45 minutes of biking, averaging about 11.5 mph. IT WAS SO HILLY! Holy crap! Dan and I have dominated some good sized hills in our training, but we forgot what it was like to not finish where you started, and especially on roads that we didn't know super duper well. It was interesting biking for that long of a time with so much weight on your bike, going down the hills was mass amounts of fun, and going up them was a little quicker than walking and all about sheer determination and patience. This combined with a pretty warm day with no clouds made us go though almost all of our water, but luckily we filled them up with some ice in Philomath, just before settling down in Corvallis.
So tonight we are staying with Dan's sister Fey, in a cute little house with an amazing garden and awesome fire pit. She fed us some scrumptious dinner to put me into a food coma for a little bit, no really I took a nap on the couch. Tomorrow we are heading to a state park near the cascade range. We will update you all when we get the chance once again!
Thank you everyone for all the love and support you have shown us through our adventure across the country!
Questions? Put it in the comment section!
Dan and Rose
Daniel and Rose,
ReplyDeleteIt was great having you guys! I'm so glad you came through Corvallis for your first stop. You are welcome to crash on the couch anytime. Good luck on your journey!
Love, Fey!
Do you have a cyclocomputer for all of these biking stats?
ReplyDeleteHi ! do you guys have some more pictures to see?
ReplyDeleteWell you have finished day 4 . Are things going well?
ReplyDeleteThe cascadia st park must have been beautiful. You two climbed the Cascades with all the weight on your bikes. I'm impressed.
ReplyDeleteGrandpa was going to call the police to look for you because you haven't posted on your blog for a few days. I think he has calmed down a bit. He did the bridges bike ride in Portland. Hope all is well in Yellowstone.
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