| My
friend, named Rick
joined me on the south Oregon coast. Things he was planning to
do,
in Bellingham, didn't come to pass, so he decided it was a good time
for
a trip. He took train, with his bike, to Eugene and then hitched
out to the coast. We left messages on one another's answering
services
and played a bit of telephone tag. Eventually we spotted one
another
in the aisle of a Port Orford supermarket.
Rick traveled with me as far as he could afford, which turned out to be San Luis Obispo, California. |
 This was the first time I had gone that far with another person. It was different, but it was fun. Both being light sleepers, we slept on opposite sides of the hike and bike camps in order to not keep one another awake. He usually rides quite a bit faster than me so he would go up ahead and I would hope he didn't take a wrong turn. |
| My
2003 West
Coast
Bike Tour |