The short answer is yes. They definitely do. Whether they actually like it is another question but those pesky little creatures plague the hiker biker camps of the Pacific Northwest & make a racket. Luckily we early on opted to hang our food (Oregon didn't have any food lockers unlike most of Washington & California) & trust me, those raccoons are macho. They ate through someone's super heavy duty drybag in the night & have even eaten hotsauce.
A few nights ago there was quite a night where 3 raccoons got inside a foodlocker (a poorly maintained one), munched someone's food & then got stuck inside & started banging around in there. Our tent was one of the closest so I got the duty of opening the thing & letting the terrified creatures out. Such fun! And a night ago, a new beast decided to poke holes in my platapus & our water bag...luckily our last camping night so not a huge lost.
Our last camping night we spent on Marin headlands (named after my bike..hahaha...its a Marin), for free overlooking San Fran & the bridge. Listening to Barn Owls & coyotes (?) scream (I think it was bobcat still..) Beautiful. Now we're in the city proper doing the sites. Yay we made it. Logging over 2000kms & pretty much doing in Chris' rear wheel (a spoke ripped it up eventually). I changed only my second flat of the trip, right above the golden gate bridge. Picturesque if not frustrating with all those tourists at all.
Trip summary & conclusions coming soon, but hope you all enjoyed our "first" honeymoon. Stay tuned for the African one!
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Hey hey,
We've been following along but I just realized I could post something on here...
Glad you guys made it and sounds like you had a blast.
Thanks for the postcard and I hope there were chances for other 'pics' that didn't make the blog.
Enjoy San Fran! And don't miss Ghirardelli's while you're there...
Have fun!
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