The keyboard we have for doing these emails decided it isn't going to work today so this will be short. To bad because today we had just about everything. We started out and just five miles in we took a wrong turn that turned out to be an 11-mile detour. 11 miles doesn't sound like a lot but; 1 on a bike every mile is a big deal, and 2 it is so discouraging to have to turn around and lose all that time. By the time we figured out what was going on we had lost a full hour. Also because of spacing we still had to ride to the same place, which was now going to be a full 100 mile day. Later we had a nice tail wind that made the day easier. Dad mentioned he loves the feeling of doing 20 miles per hour in a draft line. We passed through the famous town of forks, made popular by the Twilight books. Someone told us forks was going to be under whelming and it was. It does get 210 inches of rain a year though. We were doing great until mile 90. The wind and rain kicked up and made it miserable. Dad said he has never been so cold. It truly was miserable. Tomorrow's forecast is 100% chance of rain. We're not happy about that. I, matt, can't seem to eat enough. I am eating about double the other two. It might be my favorite part of the trip. Tomorrow should be more enjoyable, pray it rains once we're off the bike. We did see the prettiest lake probably in the entire world. It was surreal. These trips are so amazing. The highs are so high (scenery, food) and the lows are so low (detours, set backs, cold). It is like seeing the world through different eyes. I don't know if anyone could ever know, without experiencing it, just how unbelievable these trips are. Wish us luck.
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