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Day 14: North Bend, OR
Legs were sore waking up. Definitely need to take a rest day. Luckily, North Bend and Coos Bay are nice towns to kick around in. I got on the bike to get some breakfast at the Humboldt. I pored over my maps and Pacific Coast bike touring book, and considered my options. I also checked into alternate options like car rental or flight. My next friendly stop is in Eureka, CA, well over 200 miles away. I thought it would be a good idea to rent a car to get down there, but neither Enterprise nor Hertz would do a one-way rental for less than three days. Oh, and Enterprise didn't have any cars.
Scott, the guy from New Zealand I met at Honeyman had said that California was worse than Oregon as far as hills and traffic. He also said that the sketch factor increased, too.
Given my tiring legs and growing homesickness, I was rapidly coming to the conclusion that while I've had a fun adventure, maybe it's time to head home.
In the lost item department, I realized that my bike computer was gone. I had taken it off when I parked my bike for dinner. It was in a loose front pocket, and I think it fell out on my ride home. I looked by the roadside a bit, but no dice. The road gods apparently weren't happy that I had snatched back the phone sacrifice. Unfortunately, that means that I lose the exact mileage count, but I know I was over 500 miles by a fair bit.
I tooled around Coos Bay for the afternoon, then had some sushi for dinner. After dinner, I caught a free showing of "For All Mankind" at the Egyptian Theater. It was showing to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. The images and recollections of the desolate nature of space travel reinforced my own feelings of isolation. Watching the film I decided that I would go to Hertz the next day and rent a car to carry me, Silver, Tonto, and Wilson back home.
I rode back over the hills to North Bend, and found some amazingly blue hydrangeas:
I headed back to the Humboldt for some pool and music, and then turned in for the night. Tomorrow, a car!
:: Keith 00:26 [link] :: ::
