We started out this morning with a fabulous breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage, home made grits, home made rolls and jellies. Thanks, Elizabeth! We left the Catbird Seat B&B around 10:30 AM a little sad to leave such a beautiful place behind.
The bicycle ride this morning was fairly short. We were on roads for the first 7 miles or so. We stopped for a snack and rest at the trail head of a bicycle path that would take us to downtown Eugene. We were delighted to see a school group of 50 kids and approximately 15 adults ride up to the trail head from Eugene. They were on a class outing and all the kids were excited. Then we met another much smaller school group 5 minutes after we left the first group. The classes make the most of the local trails. I (Michael) don't remember any such field trips in my childhood.
We arrived at our Eugene hotel just before 1 PM. We checked in our rooms and had snacks. We do that a LOT, but for some reason I am almost always hungry. Gloria is swimming and I am writing this blog on Eric's computer. Thanks to Eric, there will probably be fairly consistent blog entries.
Tonight we had dinner in the restaurant owned by the brother of Frank Mahoney, who works for CDC. Bill Mahoney and his staff at New Day Bakery served us a feast. It was awesome!
Our first 2 days have definitely been GREAT and we are indeed enjoying the ride.
Michael, reading through blog, looks like you are having good time. Have a safe journey!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Vijay. We definitely are enjoying this ride.
DeleteI'm just catching up on some days' blogs I've missed. It sounds like you've been treated very well. I love the fact that the Mahoney's sorted out a beautiful meal for you. I'm beginning to think you plotted your route based on food stops. Not such a bad idea, eh?
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