Tire Changing 101

Day 12: Astoria to Manzanita. We left, fresh from resting in Astoria and excited to be on the coast. But the logging trucks were close, the shoulder was filled with glass, and within ten minutes we had our first flat. A conversation from Lopez Island flashed in our memories. The owner of the local bike shop had yelled as we were pedaling away: 'you have plenty of tubes?' 'yeah we have some' 'good. you'll need em in oregon'. We patched the hole and saved our tubes. Seaside was a touristy mess, but the traffic seemed to lighten up further south. Camped in the pouring rain in Nehalem Bay State Park.