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August 30, 2017

Arrived "home" the twenty-seventh.

Taken a couple days to fit in again after being on the road, riding for missions, these last three months.

If you all remember when I started this journey, I said no to donations.

Wanted to make sure I finished.

Well, I have.

3400 miles later.

If you, or others you know on FB or other social media sites, would like to donate to the two missions for which I pedalled all those miles, now is the time.

If you feel so inclined share with your fellowship, your friends, your colleagues.

It would be a phenomenal joy to see one hundred people give.

Ten cents a mile.

You can give for a week, a month, the whole journey.

The two ministries I was riding for are:

smlministries.org

The National Community Transformation Network of Papua New Guinea @NCTNPNG

I believe both of these ministries serve the Lord with full abandon.

You can give here:

PayPal.Me/TravelByBike01

Thanks for riding with me on this journey of faith so many can be free and live abundant lives.

Love to all!

D.

Plans change

August 20, 2017

Take two!

Lost all of what I had written before!

Sitting at BK with several others charging batteries and drinking coffee.

Staying at the campground until Tuesday when Paul is driving down to give me a ride north.

Will put new tires on and continue the ride for missions.

After patching, adding, everything I could think of, this set of tires has finally gone kaput.

No good anymore.

Three flats yesterday.

Little tiny wires from blown tires on the shoulder.

They are my enemy.

Eight days after I leave Raymond I should be riding into the driveway at "home."

And probably good for me to rest.

Feel like I have stretched or abused muscle on my left side.

Met a gal last night as I was checking in at the site and she had walked from

Maine to Lincoln City!

How great is that!

Told her about Jonathan's and my plans to hike the PCT.

Encouraged me to do so.

Life changing she said.

Just how I feel about this ride for missions.

A number of people gathering for the eclipse.

Opportunities to share of God's creation during this time.

Keep praying for people.

For rescues physically.

Spiritually.

Emotionally.

We serve The God who changes lives from the inside out and the outside in.

Met Austin from Michigan.

Here for the eclipse.

And a new start at life.

That is it for now!

Love to all,

D.

Coos Bay Bridge

August 16, 2017

Lunch at Coos Bay

Chicken sandwich and a root beer

Evening meal of a hamburger and an orange juice.

In the hike/bike site at William M Tugman State Park

Will try for Carl Washburne State Park tomorrow.

Interesting coming over the Coos Bay Bridge today.

That is about all I'll say about that!

Coffee

August 15, 2017

Richard -from SF -riding to SF from Oregon

Leo -homeless - Harris Beach

Chris - from Bend to Redwoods back to Klamath and Bend for the eclipse

Billy - Owner at Flora's Coffee

Homelessness

Harried Hurriers

Horn Honkers

Highway Hoarders

Yesterday, 14th stopped in Gold Beach at a bookstore/coffee shop.

Rachel's Coffee House

Wish I would have had more time to look around!

Today I had a late breakfast at TJ's Cafe in Port Orford.

Then up the road not too far in Langlois I spied a sign that read "Bike Friendly."

That caught my interest!

A coffee shop.

Flora's Creek Coffee.

Billy served me up a double shot chai latte.

And we sat on the stools and talked for a good half hour.

Cool guy!

Tonight I am in the hiker/biker site at Bullard Beach State Park.

Full up of cyclists!

Steve - red jacket

Vancouver to SD

Humbug

August 14, 2017

Humbug Mountain Campground

HB1

Wind and hills all day.

Good initiation for the days ahead!

Saw five bicyclists going south.

One passed me going north.

Said he wanted to get far enough north to see the eclipse.

He is going up the PCH and then across the northern tier to New York.

Guess there are other people besides me who do trips like this in reverse.

Ham and cheese sandwich (x2), Hansens Apricot drink and an orange for dinner.

To Bandon tomorrow.

Bullard's Beach.

Will be a short ride.

Next day will be longer.

To Umpqua Lighthouse.

Will stop on the way tomorrow morning for breakfast.

Bible, journal, beach

August 13, 2017

Decided to spend another day here at Harris Beach.

Put the new tires on the front.

Higher pressure tires so should roll down the road better.

Gears and brakes adjusted.

Think I'll take my Bible and journal down to the beach with me.

Looks like a comfortable place for some quiet time.

Remember, hate never wins.

Love does.

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The biker/hiker site is full again tonight.

Was a beautiful afternoon.

Warm.

Sunny.

First day like that in a while!

Met a couple guys who rode the morthern tier from NY to Seattle and now heading down the PCH to San Diego.

A lot of good information being passed around.

Surroundings

August 10, 2017

Threw the sleeping bag off me at nine.

Then went down and paid my fee for another night.

Five dollars.

And all this gorgeous God created beauty surrounding me.

Wow!

Wells Family (minus the one daughter)

Bob

Randy

David

Pat