Day 4, 8/18/08

After a breakfast of hot coffee, oatmeal with fresh blueberries and chopped apples, we were ready to roll. Today we rode from Bay View State Park to Coupville, WA for a total of 48 miles. We were planning on camping at Ft. Eby State Park, about 4 miles south of Coupville, but it had been raining lightly off and on the entire day and grew more steady and then pouring as we got close to the park.



Soaked to the bone with either no clean or no dry cycling clothes for the next day, we decided a motel was once again in order. The hot shower and big supper was indescribable. In addition to the rain, we had climbed some serious hills. Was a hard ride today.





We saw some gorgeous scenery today. The highlight was crossing a long bridge, in 2 sections above Deception Pass. It looked to be about 170' above above the water. We figured our chances were better to ride on the walkway rather than the road that did not have any shoulder and the traffic was heavy.





The walkway was narrow, however, with just a bit of clearance for our rear panniers. We would occasionally either wobble and bump against the railing on the water side, or against the cable stretched along the roadside. Was a bit unnerving.
















Before the rain got out of hand, we stopped at a fresh produce stand in the late afternoon and picked up a small bag of new potatoes and basket of loganberries. Back in our motel room, we boiled the potatoes for snacking on our ride for tomorrow. Probably the only disappointment for the day was not finding fresh oysters on the menu at our motel.