Orek to Rio Dell

Today, Monday, June 23rd, we moved down the coast to the town of Rio Dell, a distance of 79 miles with climbing elevation of 4500 ft. Our original plan was to stay in Ferndale, but when we arrived, it seemed the town was booked on account of an FBI convention. We stopped half-way in Arcata and had coffee and ht chocolate on this cold, dreary day. This seemed to be one of the longest hardest days with just about 10 hours on the bike. The last 15 miles were especially difficult with many steep hill climbs. All seemed to be better once we had a dinner of pasta and pizza and tomorrow should be a short 40 mile sprint to Garberville where we will rest in preparation for the long 1500 ft climb the next day over Leggett to the coast and on up to Fort Bragg to meet Dave (my brother-in-law) who is driving up from the bay area. Daniel and Gary seem to be suffering on these long days and Jerry still swears that he does not sweat - he says he pees instead of sweats, a true specimen - Diane, can you please confirm?