I woke at 6:30 from a good night‘s sleep at David’s house. Once I got my gear pack and on my bike I walked acroos the street for breakfast. Cy and Kathryn had invited me to have a pancake and egg breakfast, their Thursday special. Then back to across the street to thank David before heading to Brownlee Campground to Nancy’s site.
It was a short 18 mile day so no reason to hurry. Nancy and dogs were off hiking so I rested in the shade, the morning was hot.
Later in the afternoon I looked over my bike and saw that the rear tire is beginning to show wear. I put on a new tire and set the bead using the front tire as an air tank. I made a device to connect the two tires and then pump the mounted tire to the one that needs to have the bead set. Then I open the shutoff so the air from the full tire rushes into the other tire to set the bead.
One of the first things I did upon arrival was to put some drinks into the cold flowing water of the brook running next to our site.
