Day 6 – Potlatch State Park – 100 km
Apples picked from roadside trees have been part of our daily diet. The trees are thick with the fruit – juicy, sweet and crispy, with a tangy tartness. Perfect! At our campground in PT we found an apple buddy to keep us company.
Today we rode 100 km in great weather. Sunny but not too hot. And for encouragement we could look to road signs with names like “Never Give Up Road”. Although that sentiment is wasted on the various land-stranded yachts we’ve seen.
For long stretches the road – a 50 MPH highway – provided only a very narrow shoulder. At one point I was climbing up to a corner and was aware of a vehicle coming up behind me, ready to pass. At that moment a semi truck rumbled around the corner toward us. The vehicle behind me had to change plans very quickly. Only when it passed me did I find out it was a monster RV towing a car. I suspect the driver nearly had a heart attack, but I was blissfully unaware. Sophie trailing well behind me saw it all.
Here in Camp Potlatch I met a 30-ish guy at the washroom who I saw earlier using a metal detector around his campsite. He’s clearly a bit uncentred, a lost soul with a faraway look in his eyes. He’s recently moved to WA from Flint Michigan. Flint is the hometown of “Roger & Me” director Michael Moore, and was once also home to three major GM assembly plants, but not now. He has a beaten up old camper that I suspect he lives in with his wife. Hard luck types. Flinty, you might say.