Day three took us from Westport to Long Beach, Wa a distance of 79.5 miles. The terrain was mostly flat but certainly not without some good climbs and a few nice downhills. We made good time, finishing the ride in under 5 hours at a pace of just under 17 mph.
Today was the first day we rode with Pacific Ocean on our right side. We arrived in Long Beach, a touristy beach community with lots of tee shirt shops, RV parks, fried seafood restaurants, tattoo parlors and ice cream shops (the later being the only one of interest).
Our friend Sherman left us today to fly home for the opening of the new Stamford hospital. We'll welcome him back on Friday. So we're down to 9, JP and Allison (dr's from Scotland), Graham and Sue (our leaders from the UK, Richard (from Wales), Tim (from the UK), Erica (from the UK) and Michelle and me (the Americans).
Our good friend, Michael Cordisco will be joining us tomorrow and Michelle's sister Marna is making the trip from the Portland area to join us the following day.
We've enjoyed near perfect weather so far. The only issue is figuring out how to dress with the mornings being in the 40's and daytime temperatures reaching in to the 80's........long sleeve, short sleeve, jacket, vest, pants or shorts????
We continue along the coast tomorrow (another 78 mile day) passing into Oregon. The scenery should continue to be spectacular.
Legs are sore but otherwise we feel good after the first 275 miles..............another 1,500 to go!
Pictures are forthcoming, I promise.
Best to all,
M and Big
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