Summer 1997 - Yukon to California
Journals - 1 August 1997
Day 22
1 August 1997 (very sunny and nice; mileage = 44.9; Millersylvania State
Park, Washington) -- X - We got up a little late (~7:00) which was about
the time the two San Diego guys were getting up. We packed up and had
breakfast much quicker than them. Hey, we're professionals. We hit the
voice mail and the Swiss had left us a message! Wow -- they're great and we
miss them. We got rolling and kept up a great pace. There were some long
climbs, but never too steep or sudden. The road became more and more
freeway-like until we saw a sign that told bikers to get lost. We stopped
in a grocery store in a suburb of Olympia. I went in and did some shopping,
including 2 pints of good ice cream which we ate outside. A fat guy was
trying to get helpful with directions, but his best advice was to stop in
the ranger station across the highway. We did that and got a map. We were
back on the trail again going through a nice-looking suburb. We saw a very
nice-looking library and I went in and got some copies made of the
Washington Atlas. We then rode past the airport to the state park. It was a
weekend RV circus. Hiker-biker instructions to an odd part of the park. It
was very nice in here. We washed clothes, hung them in the patchy forest
sunlight, replaced April's front brake pads, and took a shower. When I came
back, a family with a LOT of stuff had started to set up camp nearby. They
reminded us of a Chevy Chase vacation movie. We cooked quesadillas which
were very tasty. We packed up everything for the evening and now we're in
the tent being too hot. That's summer, I guess.
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