Date:
11.07.2018
Altitude:
2358.9 ft (719 m)
Distance:
60.92 mi (98.04 km)
Total
Altitude: 142378.6 ft (43397 m)
Total
Distance: 4816.98 mi (7752.16 km)
Another
beautiful day on the Olympic Peninsula. Today it was all blue sky's
and it was even warmer than yesterday. This and the fact that I
didn't had to deal with any headwinds on my route, made for a great
ride. After already four days on the Olympic Peninsula, I have to say
this is a fantastic place to be and I haven't even seen the
rainforest yet. Tomorrow I should enter the rainforest.
Today
started out great, with a nice breakfast in a lovely diner right by
the sea. So I had a great view over the sea during breakfast. While I
was sitting at the diner I spotted a bald eagle outside sitting on a
pole. What a sight! It was still or again sitting there when I left
the diner after breakfast, so I was able to get a nice picture of it.
It is the first time I saw one so close, usually I only spot them
somewhere in the distance. After such a good start to the day, it had
to be a good ride to Forks, today. On my route today I didn't go to
Forks directly, because that would have been only a really short
ride. So instead, I cycled to La Push on the coast first and than
came back and rode into Forks. On today's route I couldn't use any
bike paths and had to stay on he highway. Still I enjoyed the ride a
lot more than yesterdays ride. Except for about the first 6 miles,
where I had to go back on highway 112, the roads had a wide shoulder.
There was still a lot of traffic but with the wide shoulder it didn't
affect me too much. It was still a constant up and down, just like
the last few days. All this up and down made the ride on the Olympic
Peninsula less relaxing than I thought, but it makes the ride so much
more interesting. The route stayed for most of the route in the
forest, except when I reached the coast. This made for a fantastic
ride with some great scenery.
Conclusion
for the day:
It
was great to get to see a bald eagle so close.
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