A Broken Spoke, Some Bag Busting & a Hungry Rim

Odometer Reading: 350km



So the repair-free days are over-although I must admit my "Old Faithful" is holding up fairly well. After leaving you off in Forks we continued another 50km more to Kalaloch-uneventfully except I noticed some wobbling in Chris' wheel in the last 5 or so. Next morning, yes indeed, a broken rear spoke requiring my old chain whip & cassette remover. Not a difficult job, but an impossible one if I had not brought the right tools. It delayed our start, but we had a shorter day (50km) so no problem. Unfortunately Chris had not packed away the "emergency repair foods" and the raccoons had sadly made off with such things as Denman Island chocolate (apparently as I never saw them).



Later that day Chris' front panniers launched themselves off of the bike while going downhill, almost taking us both out. ..apparently they never fit his racks...oops! A few bungies secured them and we were off again to explore the Quinault Rainforest & lake. Then all was well again & we finally left the Olympic peninsula behind and headed for a rest day at Ocean Shores--a well deserved & needed one as we were both sore). Sadly the ferry that used to run across the large Gray's Harbor is no longer as they would need a few million $$ to dredge it...so now we are moving around the ~50mile detour. Oh and the rim biting was partially my fault...I left one spoke hole exposed after the last repair--apparently too much so it blew while we were playing scrabble last night. But all is well today--the sun is shining and it has only rained at night! A few more nights and we'll be in another state!