Rusty Crank Coast to Coast Bicycle Tour across the USA on the ACA TransAM Route

TransAm Day #65 July 31, 2018 Grande Ronde, OR - Cape Lookout, OR 57 Miles Ride Time 4:30 Hours Tour Total  Miles 4506 details at: https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180731-1058-38700 Last night I slept in my spacious new two-person tent at the RV park in Grande Ronde. We had pulled in late, after my companions failed to win a room at the Spirit Mountain Casino. We set up our camp in the ‘tents only’ area, showered in the men’s room (the lady’s was locked), and threw our clothes in the washer. We didn’t have enough quarters for the dryer.  When I crawled out of my tent this morning, all of the bathroom doors were locked. I didn’t have the code so I went down to the river. Barbara had given us bottles of Cognitol, one of the OM~CHI herb products she sells. We promised we would each take two capsules a day to bring out our true personalities.  When we went to the camp store to buy breakfast cereal, Scott got mad because I asked him in ...

TransAm Day #66 August 1, 2018 Cape Lookout, OR - Nehalem Bay State Park, OR 45 Miles Ride Time 3:32 Hours Tour Total  Miles 4550 details at:  https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180801-1030-20559 I spent the night in a Tsunami Hazard Zone. Ever since the movie ‘The Impossible’, tsunamis have freaked me out. Fortunately there were no natural disasters last night. I slept in a grove of Salal bushes alongside the beach at Camp Lookout. I could hear waves crashing all night long. The mosquitos were bad, so I got into my tent as soon as I could. My companions sought and found the shower. They’re worried I’ve slipped back into my Idaho self. This morning they were throwing objects at my tent for me to get up. It was the first time I wasn’t doing the throwing. Eileen performed Hot Chocolate’s ‘I Believe in Miracles’ on top of the picnic table. Everyone then played air guitar to ‘Every 1’s a Winner’, except for Scotty. He had never heard of Hot Chocolate...