Very wet today. We woke up to dark clouds and a steady drizzle. we packed up the tent wet (bad news) and set off. we did not have that much of a plan, but we ended up choosing a very busy road to ride on. Lots of campers coming home from a fourth of July weekend on the coast - huge behemoth campers with multiple pop out sections and wheels that made typhoons out of the moisture on the road.

we stopped for lunch about sixty miles into the trail (a little town called Ranier... as opposed to Raniest) picked up some chips and fig newtons and shivered our way through a few hundred calories. then, in a stroke of genius, we called a family on Warmshowers. We were pretty wet and miserable. The Kadera family welcomed us into their house, fed us a delicous meal and showed us their incredible garden.

tonight we will stay with the Kadera family, and then tomorrow we will leave at around six in the AM again and see if we can get to... somewhere else. white salmon or something. we will know when we get there.

Here is a photo of everyone here. Thanks guys! y'all are awesome!