It didn't get as cold last night as the prior night. The prior night was in the low 40s, which is well past the lower limit of my camping gear. Last night was in the upper 40s. The difference is huge, really!

We left our campground in a hurry. We had missed our last two grocery stops, and were living off of our packed emergency food. I had 4 packets of dry oatmeal as my only food, so I ate two of them and hit the road. Laura finished off everything she had packed except for a single ramen packet.

We saw this awesome looking slug near our tents.

Lucky for us, the rangers have coffee and cocoa with the campers on Saturday mornings. Wahoo!

The contrast between the two sides of this past mountain are amazing. It was so sparse, and now it is more like a jungle.

After 14 miles, we rolled into Marblemount and the Marblemount diner......all-you-can eat breakfast buffet. It was pricey, but I am quite sure we got our money out of it.

After having some real food, we blasted along at 15+ mph to our stop for the day in Concrete. We had booked a room near food and laundry so we could freshen up and rest a bit. These past few weeks have sure been rough. Also, we really needed some time for laundry and showers.

Near town we stopped to view the salmon run, and the trap they use to catch salmon (to transport them via truck past the dams).

We did laundry, found a great little pizza place, groceries, and are now all showered up. Oh man, what a wonderful day.

Our hawaiin pizza had cherries on it! Great!

Tomorrow we hope to dip our tires in some salt water, and start heading south. We also hope to meet up with a Canadian friend of ours. Al is going to bike here to meet us.....from Canada!!!!! He is biking from another country. I hope it works out. Katie is worried that she won't be able to keep up with Al on his wedgie......he might ride with us for a few miles.

Also, Dee plans on heading out to pick us up tomorrow. We are racing her to the ocean! It was nice of her to give us a 2 month head start!

Now I need a snack or two and am heading to bed.

33 miles (2041 total)