Day 7 – Brookings, OR (0 miles / 336 total)

Written on Sunday May 17, 2010 8:35 PM

Today it rained. Not as much as was predicted but there was a little rain. In hindsight, I would have rather kept on riding but it was too big of a risk to be stuck in thunderstorm while riding.

This means a less interesting but busy day.

First let me start with the bike shop. The Escape Hatch, like most small businesses here is not doing well and may have to close. The owner blames many factors including the economy, Walmart, taxes, and folks like myself ordering online. Whatever the case I’m glad he was open today as he did a great job replacing my front derailer cable. It was about 25% torn through. He even managed to get it done for me in hours instead of making me wait days as some bike shops do. If you’re ever in Brookings I would pay him a visit – there are some good deals and he seems to know a lot about local fishing.

I seem to have a harder and harder time using my credit card as my face is starting to look different from that on my drivers license. Makes me chuckle.

This morning I stopped by the auto store and bought some degreaser along with rags and cleaned all the crap that sticks to the chain over 300 miles.

It was so weird to shop at Fred Meyer. I’m used to shopping at gas stations where you can’t be picky about your options unless you want a soda. At Fred Meyer they seem to have 20 different versions of sunscreen. I purchased as much fruit as I could shove down my throat in one day (a lot).

My last errand was laundry. $2.25 for a wash – more than Long Beach, CA.

The highlight though was seeing a San Francisco Chronicle for sale. I’m getting closer. If anyone who is reading this has any control over the rain tomorrow, please don’t let it make an appearance.

Sublime’s version of Rivers of Babylon is playing in the background. A nice tune.

No trivia or pictures today as I just posted yesterday’s question.

"Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value."
— Robert M. Pirsig (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values – a book I didn’t like very much)

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