Yesterday we were up and out 10 minutes earlier than the day before... Nice teamwork got us moving quick :) We road through Toledo and made our best holy faces to complete the phrase. Yea, we know it came from a different Toledo, but it made me happy!
From there it was more big hills and one very long climb with a ripping descent into a tiny place who's nane we can't remeber but had a population of 36! 20 minutes, a great snack and a well deserved leg rest later we set out to make it to Oregon, aka the Oregano State. (we later found out that the state moto is "she flies with her own wings" but we think that's lame so we're sticking with Oregano.)
A quick jaunt through a town we could only remember as Cat Helmet and a ride over a gnarley bridge to Puget Island we were as close as we could get to our next state with out a ferry. The ferry took us the rest of the way over the Columbia River and there we were on Oregon!
30 miles later and we were checking into the Norblad Hostel... Don't be fooled by the marble entry, this place is funky! It was the first hotel built in Astoria 80 years ago and I'm not sure they've done any remodeling since then. Despite the apperance and strange odor it was the nicest place $40 could buy! There were pillows AND a hot shower and a crazy neighbour named Marvin to boot.
We went out to the Fort George Brewery for a rocking dinner and awesome beer (maybe you could tell from the last post that we each had a few) :) The rest of the evening consisted of saltwater taffy and the season finale of Glee and then sleep!!
Today we are hanging in Astoria waiting for the Fes Ex truck to arrive with new spokes from Easton (thanks Jen and Adam) so we can get back on the road. We are both pretty anxious to get going as we would have already ridden 25 miles by this point, but it is nice to relax in clothes that don't invlove a chamois! It was raining and is souposed to continue through tomorrow, but it's stopped for now and we have fingers crossed that the sun will find us!
If the truck isn't here soon I'll head over to the library and post some good pics!
-L
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