Tag: Ride Across America

RA4: Team RA Connects

Port Townsend WA to Rasar State Park WA We both thoroughly enjoyed a nice warm and comfortable night in the motel in Port Townsend, although both of us stayed up too late blogging.    Breakfast at the Lighthouse Café downtown, then a quick trip to the post office where I’d had a helmet visor sent general delivery.   It was there!  It’s always great when a plan works. We jumped on the ferry, something I’d been looking forward to.  This ferry was a nice one,  taking about 30 minutes for passage to Coupeville, wth great views of the town and surrounding islands. 

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RA3: Endurance Check

Fairholm WA to Port Townsend WA As expected, it was cold last night at Fairholm, officially 38F.  I left the tent fly open all night and was rewarded with a decent drying of both the tent and its contents.  My “30F” Marmot sleeping bag performed well, supplemented with silk long johns and wool socks. We headed out on a very winding road around the lake.  Before you start on it, you push a button that activates flashing signs that warn motorists that bicycles are on the route.  The road has very little shoulder and is frequented by logging trucks that

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RA2: Lake Crescent

Kalaloch WA to Fairholm WA A very rainy night at Kalaloch, but it finally stopped.  I slept quite well.  Temperatures dropped into the mid-40s, but the sleeping bag was warm and the tent dry.  I awoke around 5AM, dozed, and was all packed up by 6:30AM or so.  Sure was a good thing the rains stopped. Jack and I took a long 32 mile ride into Forks.  The ride took us first along the coast and then through some breathtaking scenery within the Hoh Rain Forest.  It is incredible to see how so many plant species crowd into every square

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RA1: Runnin’ Down the Dream

Ocean Shores WA to Kalaloch WA Breakfast at the hotel, then the long awaited ceremonial dip of our bike tires in the Pacific.  The beaches here in Washington seem particularly wide and open, which only seemed to add to the pomp and circumstance of the event.  Linda took a handful of pics, and created a billboard for the RA tour in the sand.   Running Down The Dream. After some happy goodbyes, Linda finally hit the road and so did we, heading first to the local Tourist Information center and gas station to score some maps.  Because the roads into Ocean

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