We finally saw the coast today, though in gray glimpses. It started off wet and windy, but
cleared up for the end of the day. We didn't know how long the ride was as our directions had distances as specific as "far" and "shorter." Most stretches lent towards the former. There were also hills. The end of the day was tiring, but scenic along a windy flat road into a headwind. The road itself is edged with huge piles of seashells from the fishing industry in the town. We stayed in the tiny United Methodist Church, literally sleeping on the pews. The church advertised a presentation of ours, which I missed entirely as I was so far behind the lead.It was great to arrive, though, as we had a hose to wash the mud off our bikes and cell phone receptio
n. I called John (the boyfriend). It was a Friday. He asked if I might be interested in a Saturday night dinner date.... other riders are still making fun of me for my reaction. I could have slept in a puddle that night with a big smile on my face. :) He promised to collect any other Vancouver-area boyfriends and some raingear and drive down to meet us in Seaside, Oregon. Woo hoo! We had a long and rather painful group conversation about consensus and whether we should have to come to consensus about group decisions and which ones should require consensus and whether we had consensus about the consensus conversation. I'm not sure what we agreed on. My suspicion that benevolent dictatorships are the only efficient forms of government strengthened. We were all super tired, but I had that stupid grin on my face to get me through it.
I woke up the next morning - still smiling - to a breakfast prepared by the lovely women of the church, which included local Elk sausage and three kinds of breakfast casserole, one meat, one vegetarian and one vegan. We were duly impressed. The best part of Bay Center, though, has to be the two-and-a-half year old boys ripping around on their battery powered ATVs. Hilarious. People rock.
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