It opens.

Things were so great today that even though I take crap photos, I'll try to talk less. I think I know why I was so pissed the other day: turns out my front brake had come a bit loose and was rubbing the front wheel, reminiscent of Armstrong's 2003 Tour technical snafu. That basically means my brakes were on like the entire time. Very annoying!

Today was a beautifully foggy start in Yachats. I really like that place tons.

This was within the first 30 minutes of the ride. You can throw a rock and find views like this out here.

No matter how many times I see trees grow this way on cliffsides, I will always marvel at how the ocean breeze shapes them.

You can't eff up pictures of these things too badly, right? I'm not that bad?

This crane was all alone

on this enormous beach.

This is Seth. He's from Omaha, Nebraska. He just finished up a year at Parsons (NYC holla), moved back to NE, and is doing a hugely awesome road trip. He has this incredibly sweet HD camcorder he's set up in the front seat of his car to take a picture every 15 seconds of his drive from Omaha to Portland to LA and back to Omaha. It will be one awesome time-lapse drive. You can learn a bit about him at his blog.

Things got very sunny. Still being cold in the shade, I dressed in many layers. Overwarm is better than too cold.


Finally, I got to walk over the McCullough Bridge, leading me into North Bend/Coos Bay, hometown of Pre. Gusty as hell up there, which you might hear in the video (which doesn't seem to work! Damn beta features!!) (oh, now it works. great!).

So yes, greetings from Coos Bay. I feel good, and if I feel as good tomorrow as I did today, then sure, why not another 70+. This might end up putting me way ahead of schedule. I feel complicated about that.