After breakfast, Kera and I packed up and said goodbye. It was sad to leave her but it was great to have spent time together on the coast.
The weather was rainy but I rode to the Cape Meares lighthouse and went inside to look at it.
I rode through Oceanside and asked for directions to the town of Netarts. I passed Cape Lookout and made it over a 2 mile hill. On Sandlake Road there was a cyclist fixing a flat at a gas station and we waved to each other.
About an hour later a motorist pulled over in front of me on the road and got out of his car. His name was Johnathan. While Jonhathan and I were talking the cyclist I had seen rode up and introduced himself as Mike. Johnathan explained that he was a cyclist and he invited Mike and I to have a drink with him at his condo in the next town up the road, Pacific City. Mike said he wanted to keep riding but I said I would like to join him.
Johnathan instructed m o meet him at Cape Kiwanda so I rode with Mike toward Pacific City. Mike and I exchanged phone numbers and parted ways at Pacific City. I met Johnathan at a fancy, new, luxurious condo. We ate some chips and had a drink with some people next door. There was a bartender pouring beer and wine. I tried several types of beer from the Pelican Brewing Company in Pacific City.
Johnathan and I cooked a fish stew with potatoes, tomato, cilantro, mushrooms, onion, garlic, and fish. Johnathan’s girlfriend Charlotte showed up and we all ate dinner together. I had a nice evening with Johnathan and Charlotte. What luck I had to get out of the rain and have a great dinner with new friends.
After dinner I packed up to go find a place to camp. I rode to Bob Straub Park to find a place to camp but I didn’t see any good places. I rode aimlessly for a bit and I saw a covered carport by a house that looked deserted. I set up my tent there and went to sleep. Lights hit my tent and I woke up. The people who lived in the house had come home. They asked my to move my tent but they told me I could set up in the driveway of the house next door because they owned it and no one was there. I moved next door and went back to sleep.
 |
| Dreamcatcher in Kera's car. |
 |
| Cape Meares Lighthouse. |
 |
| Cape Meares. |
 |
| My bike and a lighthouse. |
