Day 4

We wanted to push out a long day on Day 3 so we could have a relaxing 29 mile ride into Portland. And it was. We stopped in St. John's for a snack at a really awesome vegan co-op. Sarah and I shared a burrito with all my favorite ingredients: plantains, beets, greens, sweet potatoes, black beans and quinoa topped with guacamole. One of my favorite meals, possibly ever.

St. John's Bridge

Portland has been wonderful. I'm staying with my best friend Sydney's older sister Carmen and her husband Peter and their lovely roommates who have all been so good to me. Carmen and Peter are in a band called The Marvins... www.themarvinsmusic.com Check them out! They played a show last night at a local pub called the White Eagle and Carmen's upright bass playing knocked my socks off!

We are leaving tomorrow and taking a bus called The Wave to Tilamook, OR which is just straight west of Portland and it will drop us off right on the coast where we will start our official Pacific Coast riding on the 101. The Wave has bike racks and takes about 2 hours to get to the coast....not to shabby.