We woke up and headed to Safeway to get some cereal and milk for breakfast. From there, we hurried to the bike shop, which opened at 10, so that we could unload all of our bags and go figure out which bus we would that would bring us closer to the hot spring. There is a bus that would drop us of 10 miles from our destination, but we found out that the only busses are at 9:30 am (which wouldn't have worked because the bike shop would be still closed) and 1:30 (which, in combination with the bus ride and bike ride there, wouldn't give us too much time to get back before the bike shop closed). So, we were at a loss of what to do. Joey really wanted to go to the hot springs, but 80 miles in one day would give us almost no time to spend in the host springs, and riding there today and coming back tomorrow would put us a day behind schedule. In the end we decided to just ride around Port Angeles and see a little more of the town, including the hook, which was a lot like the spit in Homer, except without all the restaurants and buildings. It was really foggy on the way out to the hook, so much so that we couldn't even see the water on either side. We sat on the beach for a little while and watched the fog roll out; it was neat seeing everything come into view. Since we weren't going to go to the hot springs, our next destination was back to the bike shop to reload our bikes. On the way, we saw a touring bike outside a little cafe, but after further investigation realized that it was Mac's bike. So, we went in to say hello and chatted for a little while; it was nice that we got to see him again. After reloading the bikes, we went to Safeway to check our email in case Greg and Lea emailed us. Turns out we had gotten an email from Greg and Lea, one saying that they had left Vancouver earlier than planned and would be to Burlington (our planned meeting location) 2 days early! So, I guess it worked out that we didn't go to the hot spring so we could start heading back to meet them. Soon after, we followed the same trail we took in yesterday all the way back to Sequim. Since it was already close to 6, we decided to spend some time in the library uploading some photos and planned on camping behind the church next door. It was already pretty dark by the time that we set up camp and made some mac and cheese for dinner. We only rode 32.51 miles today.
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