In the morning Paul and I went to IHOP for breakfast. Then we said goodbye to each other and parted ways again. Paul was headed to Reno to visit family and I was headed back to the Oregon coast.
I rode through Portland and headed out of town to the west. I got lost a little bit when I tried to get onto Highway 26 in Portland but after a while I figured out how to get onto the highway. I took Highway 26 to Highway 6 and rode in rain over the Coastal Range to Tillamook. It was a long, cold, wet ride with a lot of climbing.
It started getting dark and I found my way to Dee, my CouchSurfing host’s house. The night ride to Dee’s house was perilous because there was a narrow shoulder, it was wet and dark, and several bridges didn’t have much room for a bicycle to ride.
I met Dee at her house and I parked my bike out of the rain. I brought my clothes to be washed inside the house. Dee fed me pasta with sauce and she gave me some beer.
Dee was really nice and we chatted for a while before I went to bed.
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| We slept under a bridge. |
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| Breakfast with Paul. |
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| On the highway. |
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| Riding through Portland. |
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| In Portland. |
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| On a bridge. |
