Biking Across the U.S (hopefully)
Lewis Clark Park - Plymouth WA 87
Plymouth - Avery Park 100 With all the smoke in the air, this area feels like a wasteland - some post apocalyptic scenery with sun scorched wheat fields. Since hitting the major trucking routes from Montana, I realized each region has its own goods/type of trucker going through, with evidence of it littered all over the road. In southeast Montana it was through truckers throwing out bottles of trucker lemonade. National forest and middle Montana had logger truckers, spilling wood shavings all over the road. Seely Lake leading to Glacier you found squished berries and fruit produce. And then since arriving in this part of Oregon/Washington it's tiny onion bulbs every couple of yards. I think I'd rather live where the berries are. Finally I found the Columbia River, deciding to cross over to the Washington side... following it towards Portland. Although still beautiful, this rice would be soooo much more breathtaking without the smoke, in some areas you can't see more than a mile and it feels like a constant overcast/haze. After camping in Plymouth I kicked it 50 miles to a tiny cafe which had $3.99 breakfast plates. After my second, the waitress said "you aren't the first biker to get two plates". Great minds think alike. I decided to be a little classy and got off my bike at a random art museum towards the end of the ride, going so far to change into my fancy old man button down shirt. The Maryhill Art Museum was started by this random millionaire who had a connection with Queen Marie of Romania, so has a bunch of Eastern European monarchy stuff in it, along with a random wing of Rodin pieces. To be even classier I went to a winery down the road, got a glass of wine, and realized how much cooler breweries are. But this area has a bajillion wineries, so I felt obligated to give it a shot. Camped at this random fishing park with some interesting characters, right next to a set of train tracks. Got a nice train horn wake up at 1am, 3am, and 5am. I guess my alarm wasn't needed.
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pete g
8/8/2017 06:34:38 am
so, going the portland route? or turning north to seattle at some point? either way is great. but the current follows L and C and that of Heat-Moon in River-Horse. i recommend a dip into it yet again.
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