Anchorage to Phoenix Bike Ride: Day 69

I was woken up by a park ranger at 7:45 am. She told me to pack up so I left Cape Arago.

I had blue sky weather and I could see the moon over the ocean to the west. I had a flat tire (my 6th flat) on my trailer at Sunset Bay Park.

I started having my gears slip. When I was pedaling especially up hills the drive train would jolt and it hurt my knees.

Mike met me in the morning and we started riding the 7 Devils Road. The road had 7 steep hills. My gears were slipping quite a bit on the series of hills.

We reached Bandon and stopped to by food. Before we left town, Mike went to Dairy Queen and I said I’d meet him up the road.

I rode through Port Orford and I had great views of the beach.

I finished the last Harry Potter audiobook. I had listened to the entire series of books consecutively on the bike trip.

It started getting dark and I called Mike. He was in Port Orford. I was 7 miles from Gold Beach so I turned on my lights and kept riding in the dusk.

I looked for a place to camp in Gold Beach but I had a hard time finding one. I looked on Google Maps and saw a park and decided I would try there. I set up my tent and just as I did a hobo came out of the bushes and talked to me. He camped about 30 feet from where I had setup my tent. I felt guilty eating in front of him so I skipped dinner and went to sleep.