Today ended up being a pretty early test of will after starting off smoothly. In making every effort to avoid getting stuck with the rest of the bill for last night’s campsite I was packed up and back on the road by 7am this morning. By 9:30 I had made it 25 miles into Bellingham. I hadn’t had anything for breakfast and was starving by then. I ended up raiding a grocery store for a chicken samosa, two donuts, and a cup of coffee. One of the perks to bike touring is throwing calories straight out the window because the furnace is hot, and anything will burn. Following breakfast/lunch I pushed on into 15 miles of rolling hills, spending much of this time alternating between 5mph and 25mph. Pretty views helped ease the burden as I traveled along the Puget Sound. I unfortunately had my right knee start chirping a bit later in the day so I’ll need to make sure to monitor that. All in all it was a 64 mile day that brought me into Deception Pass State Park for the evening.
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