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RA3: Endurance Check

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Fairholm WA to Port Townsend WA As expected, it was cold last night at Fairholm, officially 38F.  I left the tent fly open all night and was rewarded with a decent drying of both the tent and its contents.  My “30F” Marmot sleeping bag performed well, supplemented with silk long johns and wool socks. We headed out on a very winding road around the lake.  Before you start on it, you push a button that activates flashing signs that warn motorists that bicycles are on the route.  The road has very little shoulder and is frequented by logging trucks that

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RA2: Lake Crescent

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Kalaloch WA to Fairholm WA A very rainy night at Kalaloch, but it finally stopped.  I slept quite well.  Temperatures dropped into the mid-40s, but the sleeping bag was warm and the tent dry.  I awoke around 5AM, dozed, and was all packed up by 6:30AM or so.  Sure was a good thing the rains stopped. Jack and I took a long 32 mile ride into Forks.  The ride took us first along the coast and then through some breathtaking scenery within the Hoh Rain Forest.  It is incredible to see how so many plant species crowd into every square

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