Maybe we will go further than 18 miles today

So yesterday was miserable until we made the decision not to try and go further. Ithink we had so much fun riding in the sun the day before that we were extra devastated by the cold, the wind and the rain. We also met some strange people at our campsite including a man traveling by large tricycle with his dog. He had a big white beard and a large belly that stuck out of his half ripped shirt. He had his propane stove running INSIDE his tent to dry out his jacket and the second thing  he asked us was did we have any pot. He also talked to us the entire time we were setting up or tent, ruining any plans we had to go watch the sun set. He also claimed to have a world record for riding to Alaska on his lawn mower. Later this wacky kid showed up and he was riding without a helmet, just a wide brimmed hat. He did have an orange flag sticking up at the back of his bike, which was good. He said he noticed people looking at him funny so he taped"X-TREME" with black electrical tape to the flag. Just in case that wasn't clear I guess. 

We did stop at a nice homey place in florence where lyon ordered a burger and I ordered german sausage with hashbrowns and eggs over medium. The waitress/owner told us to stay as long as we liked to get warm and she even say down to chat and ask us questions. We told get about our lovely day the day before when we saw a whale, and climbed Cape Foulweather and Cape Perpetua. She said her "love," as she called him, who had since passed away, used to be a ranger at Cape Perpetua and one of the last things he did was hike up and down the cape with her and his sister at his side, knowing how sick he was.
Three days later he died, but everyone felt so relieved that he'd gotten to take that hike one last time because it was what he wanted.

Today's weather is supposed to be better. It's 7am and my phone is is actually getting service from this campsite, so once I post, I'll wake lyon and we'll go. Right now we are in jesse m honeyman state park and we'd like to get 54 miles today. We'll be riding through the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.

Love you all