Day 11 - Scotia to Redway (43 miles / 532 total)

It was a day of rain. Which meant lots of stopping and going.

The morning started hanging out on the front porch of the Scotia Inn watching the rain while eating scones and drinking coffee. It didn’t look good. I was going to give it until 11AM and then my plan was to check back into the the hotel if it was still showering.

By 9:30 the blue sky peaked out of the dark sky and I decided to make a run for it. My knees were, and most likely will be for a while, sore but my bigger concern was the rain.

I made it to the next small town, Redcrest, when it started raining, which according to my map had a whole bunch of stuff in it. It doesn’t. So I started looking for shelter and found an abandoned road side store. The roof was solid so I laid down and let the rain beat down.

For some reason all of these small towns have post offices in them. I believe it is a source of pride and history. So after an hour or so I got bored and walked into the post office. There was also a gift shop down the street so I walked in and bought their only food – five candy bars in case I had to spend the night there.

Finally the rain stopped and I made a run for it. Over the next few hours I caught some rain but it wasn’t too bad.

Finally I hit Redway and checked into the seedy Brass Rail Motel, next door to the seedy Brass Rail Bar (both are for sale). I was about to check in when I realized I needed to clean myself up as my nose was bleeding. Not sure how that happened but I cleaned up and checked in for $60. Not bad.

As I fell asleep around 9PM and woke up around 10 to hear the bar going full steam, a good time was being had. Around 1AM there was some sort of a fight or argument with someone that kept yelling, “Take a picture.” I smiled to myself thinking that I was staying next to the bar in Roadhouse – a great movie – and went back to bed.

There aren’t many pictures from Day 11 as it was too dreary.

We had some big winners in yesterday’s trivia:
Ryan from Lodi, CA answered, Scrotum – which is surprisingly incorrect.
Dannyboy, as seen on the OC, answered correctly with Forestville.
STEPH who works with the smartest man I know, Bertrand, also answered correctly. (Thank you for reading.)
Mark D., from deep in the valley had a good attempt with “I don’t know but please put me in your blog.”
Sarah S., from the city of Bend, where they close down Mexican food restaurants for dealing meth, also had the right answer.

Today’s trivia:
Breedlove, a recent phenomenon, is known for this hit song.

thanks for reading,

sellers

Towns passed:
Stafford (pop. 50)
Pepperwood (pop. unknown)
Redcrest (pop. unknown)
Weott (pop. 450)
Myers Flat (pop. 200)
Miranda (pop. 350)
Phillipsville (pop. 250)
Redway (pop. 1,188)