We only biked 57 miles today, but it had a really big, steep hill, and the downhill side had road construction going on, so we couldn’t really get any speed going downhill; we had to keep stopping and waiting. It was a cold day, but no rain. I worked up a big sweat climbing the hill and froze going downhill because I was so wet. We are camped right on the Klamath River in a campground called Kamp Klamath. The best part of the day was stopping in Crescent City at a restaurant named, “Fisherman’s Restaurant.” I had salmon and clam chowder. It was a gorgeous day riding along the ocean and through the Red Woods.

I had a picture of myself and my brothers and sister when I was about eight years old with us standing in front of Paul Bunyon and Babe, the blue ox. I also have a picture with our kids in the same place when they were little, and today I got one of me as an old man.

One of the very positive things about the trip is that I haven’t been reading the news or listening to any news commentators that I listen to at home, and it has been so relaxing not to get in a knot over what is happening in the world.

Tom drove the RV today as he has developed a strained Achilles tendon. He has been putting his foot in a small garbage can with water and ice and howling when he first sticks it in. Cliff has been having back problems, and I hurt all over my entire body, but I am not going to ice anything!

Tomorrow looks to be another beautiful ride through the Red Woods.