FDOC Day 15-Tagging the Border

Sun’s up for a final short ride!

This morning I waited for Matt to finish getting packed up, and we headed for the border together. We stopped out front of Darlynn’s hotel to let her know we were headed to the border (5 miles to go). 

The lighthouse in Brookings (by the Beachfront Inn). 

We followed Oceanside Dr until it came back out to 101. From there it was just a bit over a mile to the border. 

Matt riding up to the border sign. 

We arrived around 8:30. While we waited for Darlynn, we took a few photos. 

The trusty steeds have arrived. 

Selfie time!

Mike (actually not from Seattle, lives in England, but is Australian) rolled up. We took his photo with the sign for him. 

There’s Mike!

Darlynn arrived and we took more photos. 

Woo Hoo! 

We loaded the bikes and bags into the pickup and went back to Darlynn’s hotel room. I took a quick shower, and put on my clean shirt and mostly clean pants. We drove back north, telling Darlynn about our days riding south. We saw a few cyclists heading south, and even a couple heading north. Stopped for “World Famous Hot Dogs” in Langlois (they’re not that great). Talked to one of the northbound cyclists we saw when he pulled in. 

We continued on, and stopped at the same place in Bandon for dessert, and coffee. Each time Mazie the boxer got to get out and stretch her legs. She was my backseat buddy. 

Smile Mazie!

We are still making our way home (it’s a long drive), but we’ll be there in less than an hour. Mazie has conked out, pretty sure she thinks she doesn’t get dinner tonight (she’s had some treats). 

This was a good tour. The first few days weren’t so great with all the rain, and we were sad to see Sue go (but she made a good choice). Even though I’ve done this ride too many times, I still learned new things, like how to take a bus if you want to skip some hills. I really admire Sue’s resourceful skills in making it work for her. I think both Sue and Matt also learned a lot. I’m sure this is not the last adventure for either of them. 

An extra special thanks to Darlynn for bringing new tires to Matt, and for coming to Brookings to bring us home at the finish.