Oregon, English

In the rain! We entered Oregon April 1st with the sun but it did not stay too long. Following the coast, we went to Gold Beach. 101 is quiet, the up and down are much more gentle than in California and the people had the idea to build some bridges to facilitate the work. There is almost a madness, there is a lot of them and of all different kinds. Some are very beautiful and detailed well. There was regrettably no state park in Gold Beach, we went to the Indian Creek Campground quite satisfied with the sun who pleased us with his warm rays. It is necessary to know how to take advantage of the the little happy moments when they cross, the rain surprised us in the evening and has never wanted to stop. We went to stay in the Oregon Trail Lodge, and this during 3 days, because the hard wind, our tent filled up as a big hole of water. What a pleasure!!! These three days of motel could have been more because of the strong wind and the rain but our pockets find it hard!! We resigned ourselves to pedal in the rain and not just a little, EVERY DAY without any exception we had some showers. There are several states parks on the 101, hike and bike sites are rather nice and it is generally $4 a person. Some were closed or almost closed, so we were able to get out there free a couple of times. After 4 days of camping and bike in the rain (Bandon, Honey Man State Park(Dunes City) and Beverly Beach State Park) we were very happy to take advantage of a warmshower in Pacific City. We would liked to spend more time in Oregon but with this rain and the cold we rather wanted to pedal as fast as possible this part of our journey. Our last night, Hehalem Bay State Park, in the middle of nowhere! No idea if the only reason of the quantity of wild animals was because of the practical human absence but we saw a lot of deer walking directly on our site. They have no stress at all, they even took their time to stop in front of us to urinate! And during the night we were prepared for the daily racoons visit but those there were giants. Sorry for them, it is not with us that they got fat!