annathecyclingnomad
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6th October 2020
Coast to Coast Bike Trip Blog from 2011
Eleven days ago at about 4 p.m., I reached the coast of Cannon Beach, Oregon, riding my chipped, battered, olive green bicycle carrying nothing but the tools necessary for changing a potential flat and the food required to fuel the eighty mile ride from Portland to the coast. The feeling of entering the quaint beachside town of Cannon Beach was surreal. The last ten miles of the jaunt, I found myself experiencing a series of different emotions ranging from relief, reluctance, sheer joy, accompli