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>Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:40:33 -0700
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>From: Peggy Kunsman <peggyk@...>
>Subject: Kerry's Bike Trip Days 3-4 and photo
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>Hi there:
>
>Tuesday night, Sept. 9, Kerry got as far as Montesano and stayed at Lake
>Sylvia State Park. He said he thought he could have made it a little
>further, but his "trick" knee started acting up. A pharmacists told him
>just the thing he needed was a knee strap brace just below the kneecap
>however, Kerry hasn't been able to find one. He did, however, look
>through his things and find a cinch strap he uses for various purposes and
>put that on his knee. What a boy scout ! He says its not better, but it
>hasn't gotten any worse.
>
>Wednesday he left for the Raymond, "the cut - off," and did arrive at his
>campground in Raymond last night. There are no hostels till he gets
>further south. When asked about the big hill I saw on the map he said it
>wasn't so big, but he said he noticed the bike riding seemed so hard for
>most of the day, and even going down hill seemed hard. At one point his
>bicycle came to a complete stop down hill. He found that one of the
>paniers in the back had pushed the brake "on." [ I'm tearing up now.
>] So he fixed that and suddenly the bike was a lot easier to
>ride. He'd apparently ridden up hill that way 1/2 the day too. sniffle
>sniffle. Sigh.
>
>There is that saying that riding up hill was so hard and slow, we had to
>keep the disc brake on just to keep from rolling backward. ha ha
>ha but, not so funny when it actually happens accidently. been there.
>
>So Wednesday for Kerry could be summed up in another way, even if the
>reverse gravity thing wasn't mentioned. Four words, rain rain rain
>wet. And a realization, new superior REI tent performed superbly, but
>one must shut the flap to stay dry.
>
>Kerry pulled into Raymond in enough time to see a few sights by the light
>of day before finding his campground. Apparently metal sculpture artists
>lives there and there are various interesting sculptures around
>town. He could have ridden to a seemingly more superior campground,
>but he just couldn't seem to force himself to ride another 8 miles in the
>pouring rain. When it wasn't pouring, the fog was actually a light mist
>and wet.
>
>The camp host led Kerry to a big covered area, a hogan type deal, and told
>him he could pitch the tent under that. The host proceeded to bring
>Kerry wood and build him a fire. What a relief. After a while the host
>came back and brought him something to drink and took his wet
>clothes back and dried them in an actual clothes dryer. Later the son
>of the camp host came back and checked on him. I asked Kerry to thank
>the camp host for all his kindness from me personally. I'm glad someone
>is taking care of this orphaned boy scout. geesh. He let him use his
>phone too.
>
>Kerry says he'll stay at the campground in Raymond for another day if the
>rain doesn't quit. A good rest for his knee also. If the weather
>channel is any indication, it looks like Kerry is definitely spending a
>little time there. He says he's prepared to stay and enjoy the weather,
>under the "dome."
>
>Here is the photo of Kerry starting out. Just click on the icon below.
>
>Later,
>
>Peggy Kunsman
>
>