Lisa Borok
Jacques Delsemme
Lisa: The ride was not as bad as 50 miles fully loaded sounds. There were three good hills to climb and numerous smaller ones. The view from the beach and the hillsides of tall trees are quite lovely. Nice rewards for a hard or long (or both) climb.
Somewhere on the second of the three hills my right knee started aching. It got steadily worse so that by the last mile out to the campground, it was pretty darned sore. There's a hiker/biker camp here; only sandy paths lead to it but it is quiet and secluded from the rest of the campers. There was one other bicyclist, but he never said anything, only whistled. Day 3, Tues. August 25 Barview Co. Park (19.0 miles, 2:05)
Lisa: Left Nehalen State Park very late (12:30pm). My knee still hurts when I ride. We're going to make this a short day (about 20 miles) in hopes of giving it some rest.
2 pm. Nehalen Village: Jacques is in buying groceries while I sit in the sunshine and write. I bought food yesterday at Seaside Safeway.