Can I Get Just One Perfect Day?
Day 16: Lincoln City to Washburne Memorial State Park Today's Distance: 63 miles Total Distance: 701 miles Finally some good weather! Because of the storm it will end up taking me 2.5 days to do what I could've done in a day. It's frustrating but I plan to make up for it with a big day. If all goes as planned, I should ride a little over 80 miles today. As I would learn later, nothing ever seems to go exactly as planned when riding a bike from Canada to Mexico...but we'll get to that. About 12 miles south I rode through Depoe Bay, which is apparently the Whale Watching Capital of the Oregon Coast. I don't think it's the right time of year so I just rode on through. Soon after that I started the climb of the last of the 3 Capes, Cape Foulweather. It's known for living up to its name, with 100mph winds not being uncommon, but not today. No, today the weather decided that it's punished me enough. Part way up the climb I stopped at Ot...