Day two brought me from just south of the Canadian boarder to the western most point of the Olympic peninsula, Neah Bay. Then south to Humptulip, Wa and no, that is not a typo. I took some shots at Deception Pass and at the Port Townsend ferry dock:
I met some pretty interesting characters on day two. First a friendly toy Fox Terrier named "Goliath" and a fellow who claimed to have worked for US Army Intellegence and had more stories than a NY skyscraper.
He did tell me that the Korean conflict was due to US intrest in the sizeable tungstun deposits in South Korea and had nothing to do with, freedom, democracy, or any other noble pursuits. I plan to dig around and do some reasearch on this when I get home. He had many interesting tidbits that I want to look into further. We chatted, or rather he chatted for over an hour and I had simply stopped to take some pictures of the beach, go figure...The one thing I could not reconsile was how someone from an intellegence organization got to be so chatty, don't they dispose of those types with rather brutal efficiancy? I went out to Neah Bay after I left my new friend who now was a photographer from Arizona.
So I was making tracks down 101 making pretty good time when I passed a sign in the Olympic State Park that simply said "Ruby Beach". I flew past it and thought, no more pictures, make up some miles, but that little voice in my head kept nagging me to check it out, Finally I subcummed and fliped the bike around and as I pulled into the entry way this is what I saw:
So
How does a town come to the conclusion that Humptulips is a suitable name? It's just wrong on multiple levels.
I met some pretty interesting characters on day two. First a friendly toy Fox Terrier named "Goliath" and a fellow who claimed to have worked for US Army Intellegence and had more stories than a NY skyscraper.
He did tell me that the Korean conflict was due to US intrest in the sizeable tungstun deposits in South Korea and had nothing to do with, freedom, democracy, or any other noble pursuits. I plan to dig around and do some reasearch on this when I get home. He had many interesting tidbits that I want to look into further. We chatted, or rather he chatted for over an hour and I had simply stopped to take some pictures of the beach, go figure...The one thing I could not reconsile was how someone from an intellegence organization got to be so chatty, don't they dispose of those types with rather brutal efficiancy? I went out to Neah Bay after I left my new friend who now was a photographer from Arizona.
So I was making tracks down 101 making pretty good time when I passed a sign in the Olympic State Park that simply said "Ruby Beach". I flew past it and thought, no more pictures, make up some miles, but that little voice in my head kept nagging me to check it out, Finally I subcummed and fliped the bike around and as I pulled into the entry way this is what I saw: So
How does a town come to the conclusion that Humptulips is a suitable name? It's just wrong on multiple levels.Day three got a late start and consequently not a lot of miles. I did manage to make it to Karen's birth Mom's house and they treated me like a king. Great food, comfy place to sleep and great conversation. Thanks Barb and Bobby!
Day four got me well on my way down the Oregon Coast Highway but not without some equipment casualties. Apparently during a fuel stop I forgot to put my headphones back on and they worked their way down the side of the bike and ended up looking like this after dragging on the pavement at 60mph for an hour or so:
Hold on the story does not end there, with my best sounding headphones trashed I went with my backup set. These where really nice Shure noise isolating headphones and they sounded pretty good inside the helmet, not as comfortable as the newly departed Sony's, but a close second. Trouble is that these sit in the ear canal and have a soft silicone boot that seals the speaker to your head. Had they been designed to limit the amount of penetration into the ear that might have been ok, but my helmet rim managed to shove the left one all the way into my head and then became disconnected from the speaker leaving the silicone cup pressed against my ear drum. It was driving me CRAZY! I rode to Eugene, OR where I found a Primary Care Facility and the doctor there was kind enough to reach into my head with some forceps and yank that sucker out of there, the relief was indescribable. I'll be penning a Nastygram to Shure about these ear cups and see if I can't at least get them to cover the medical bill. Glad that's over with. Should be well into California tomorrow where i hope to see some friends in San Fransisco. Stay tuned!
Here are some shots of the Oregon Coast...
Day four got me well on my way down the Oregon Coast Highway but not without some equipment casualties. Apparently during a fuel stop I forgot to put my headphones back on and they worked their way down the side of the bike and ended up looking like this after dragging on the pavement at 60mph for an hour or so:
Hold on the story does not end there, with my best sounding headphones trashed I went with my backup set. These where really nice Shure noise isolating headphones and they sounded pretty good inside the helmet, not as comfortable as the newly departed Sony's, but a close second. Trouble is that these sit in the ear canal and have a soft silicone boot that seals the speaker to your head. Had they been designed to limit the amount of penetration into the ear that might have been ok, but my helmet rim managed to shove the left one all the way into my head and then became disconnected from the speaker leaving the silicone cup pressed against my ear drum. It was driving me CRAZY! I rode to Eugene, OR where I found a Primary Care Facility and the doctor there was kind enough to reach into my head with some forceps and yank that sucker out of there, the relief was indescribable. I'll be penning a Nastygram to Shure about these ear cups and see if I can't at least get them to cover the medical bill. Glad that's over with. Should be well into California tomorrow where i hope to see some friends in San Fransisco. Stay tuned!Here are some shots of the Oregon Coast...
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