We headed south down the Oregon coast in fabulous weather after a well earned rest in Astoria. With tuned-up bikes we made good time to Cannon Beach. We camped in a great little campsite on the sdge of town and decided to have a late lunch in town and an evening meal in camp. Tipping in the US is 20% as oppossed to 10% in UK but when your waiter spills your beer and it takes 2 or 3 requests to get anything plus he was unable to split the bill I thought 20% was definately too much. Perhaps I was bit harsh and Pat thought he may come charging down the road after us but I think if service is not up to scratch then tips should reflectbit. (maybe 5% was a bit hard).
The Oregon coast is hilly with some humdingers over the headlands and on our way to Rockaway Beach I was knackerood by lunchtime. We were on a headland at about 800ft when the weather came in- rain, wind, mist - the full works. By the time we dropped down to civilisation we were in torential rain. We sheltered and had lunch in a diner and watche
d the rain pelt down. I realy did not want to on but Jim & Marlene are built of sterner stuff and out into the weather we went. Unfortunately Michael has a cold problem with his hands and he was unable to work his gears and brakes properly. Not good in driving rain. We stopped and sort shelter. This brought to the surface a conflict (in the nicest terms) within the group with Jom and Marlene wishing to push on and us weak and feeble southerners being less adventurous.So we agreed to part compny. J & M are now miles ahead of us and we stutter on at our sedantry pace.
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