Canada to Mexico, Day 11:
We rode 51 miles to Bandon (554 miles total). The bad news is that I'm just not a camper. I like my bed, heat, and electricity. The whole setting up and taking down the tent is a real chore to me. So, needless to say, tenting and camping is one of my least favorite things about this trip. At other campsites, I kept seeing these big, covered tent/tepee type things that I was really envious of. I asked Pat about them and he said they were called yurts, which I had never heard of before. But you have to book them months in advance and the only way we could ever get one is if there was a cancellation. Well, the good news for today is that we got a yurt! After being on the bike for 8 hours, we pulled into the campsite, not hopeful that we could get one. But we were told that someone had cancelled just a half an hour before! I was so happy! There is heat, space, electricity, and beds! I am one happy camper - literally! Now, with all the time we will save from not having to set up the tents, we will finally have a chance to play our first game of cribbage! Summary of the day: "7 Devil's Road" is bad (the name speaks for itself. Our biking book says that it has the steepest hills on the Oregon Coast); wine, cribbage, and yurts are good! I'll post a picture of our castle, so you can witness true luxury!
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