Mom Mom I Made New Friends!

Friday 1st
Elk Prairie - Samoa County Park (Eureka)
60.4, 4:35, 13.16

I bought Thoreau's book "Walden: Life in the Woods" at the campground, and stuck it in between my sleeping pad and pannier. I immediately passed two older Canadians, when I talked with them they mentioned that their wives were bringing them lunch. Still, I think they envied my homelessness.

I passed between a herd of Elk and a herd of tourists - the Elk were sitting on the side of the road, maybe 15 of them. At mile 27 I rolled into Trinidad and had a mondo burger. The bay there is awesome and the town is pretty up key, if that's a term.

I got a blackberry cobbler at a restaraunt there, shortly after performing my first stand-still fall in the parking lot. This is when you ride into an awquard situation, have no where to pedal, and forget to unclip your cleats. It makes for an awquard, stiltsy fall. Luckily I caught a car with my hand, so there was no physical pain to go with my embarassment.

I rode into Eureka, maybe the biggest town I've been through. Just before it I stopped at Humboldt State University in Arcata and tried to witness to a commuter-cyclist-student about the joys of touring. I also passed a baseball field full of guys my age and wondered who they played.

Anyways, Eureka was dirty and I found out that my campsite wasn't a campsite. The locals pointed me towards the beach, and I got that empty homeless feeling I haf in Tillamook. Plus it was cold out.

I saw a sign for the Samoa County Park, and when I came to it a camper waved at me. I came to his campsite and got some fortunate hospitality. It was an older guy named Kendall and his 4 nephews - Jr, Kolby, Travis, and Anthony. I had barbecued steak and and told some stories. Kendall complimented me on my trip and lent some wisdom to us all. They were great guys, I finally had a family haha. Kendall even let me sleep in his truck.

Todays sign: Do it for Anne