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TRAVEL BLOG ENTRY
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“"Turbo Charge Coffee" (high in flavour, high in caffine)” |
Day 4 saw 110 puncture free miles thankfully (and amazingly given that we'd been averaging a healthy one every 23 miles until then). There were a lot of hills though as we passed through Washington state towards the Columbia River and over the long railway bridge just outside Castle Rock, though the train doesn't run anymore...
The hub of the social scene in the small southern Washington towns is clearly the gas stations (aka petrol stations) where underage kids can buy beer and obese truckers can buy fried chicken. Cyclists can also buy Gatorade and "Turbo Charge Coffee" (high in flavour, high in caffine) which we needed to get us up the last few hills into Astoria, the first big town in Oregon.
Astoria is home to the 4 mile long Astoria-Megler truss bridge, the longest (continuous) truss bridge in North America. Completed in 1966 for the princely sum of USD24m, it replaced a ferry service which was frequently disrupted by adverse weather conditions (FACT).
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Comments or Questions for the Author
Luiza says:
Hi Pete Sorry I couldn't reply in good time to the first e-mail, but if someone would have been crazy enough to do this, it would have definitely had to be you! I liked the bit with "being too young to be lawyers" - :) upload some photos on facebook when you have some time - especially any that local sceneray (though I'm not sure I wnat to see a picture of a fat trucker...) looking fwd to the next post ;)
GEAD says:
Another pertinent fact: Astoria, OR was the location for "The Goonies", a 1985 Brat Pack classic.