"And on whatever day it is ... we rested"





Joe and Dennie, on beach at Manzanita, OR

Today is a rest day and we are just chilling and doing wash … and checking out the metropolis of Manzanita, Oregon.  I am privileged because we got to stay at one of my very good friend’s house.  Joe and I were in the trenches at Intel for many years.  Sometimes we were in the same trench, sometimes we were in opposing trenches.  But somehow we developed and have remained very good friends.  This probably due to shared interests, shared faiths and basically we are a couple of great guys, of course.  Joe made dinner for us last night, and then today Joe, Dennie and I walked the beach and then took 15 minutes to walk to the end of Manzanita.  Well that is not entirely true.  It could have taken 15 minutes or less to walk Manzanita from end to end, but it would mean passing a shop and that is difficult to impossible for Dennie, “Ooooh, look at that!”, “Oh, that is so clever!”, “What time will this shop be open, I want to come back!”  I was able to find coffee and a bear claw pastry, so I was happy.  That took care of the morning.  In the afternoon, I caught up on some PC stuff.  Jim and Bill chilled.  We checked the next few days ride and the next 4 days are going to be 70 or more miles a day, plus what looks like some considerable climbing.  That is less concerning than the weather, though.  It appears we might be in for some considerable rain.  If that is the case, we will ride from coffee shop to coffee shop until we reach our destination; or if worst comes to worst, we will call Dennie and have her pick us up.  We do not need to get drenched and sick.  Here are some pictures of the Manzanita, Oregon area.