Tsumani Season in Southern Oregon?

The last two days have been two of the most difficult that we've faced. The weather has been just brutal - there's no other way to describe it. We've had to change our plans every day, cutting back our plans for the day because of the weather.

Yesterday was an awful day. The rain, the wind, the flat tire; everything combined just made it pretty tough. We thought it couldn't get too much harder here in the US. Well, today sent us a surprise, and it was worse. It passed the point of frustrating, and just became comical. The wind has been gale force - today we had 30-50 mph winds along the south coast of Oregon. It had the power to just stop you in your tracks when it hit you head on, and almost knocked us over on a few occasions when it hit us from the side. I don't even want to get into the bridge crossing. We stopped in Gold Beach, our planned destination for yesterday. We were advised by almost everybody entering the grocery store that we loitered around to get a room in town for the night. Watching the debris blowing across the parking lot, we had to agree that we couldn't go any further today.

We found the public library to pass a few hours indoors, and while we were counting down the hours until they would kick us out, we met Steve, who had seen our bikes outside. He had done some cycle touring himself, and knowing just how difficult this weather is invited us to his house for dinner and a dry, warm place to sleep. These are the kinds of days that make this trip so amazing. It has been so difficult, so trying - and so rewarding. We are about to enjoy some fresh homemade pasta before spending a dry night indoors - a thought that never would have seemed possible earlier today. Canada to Argentina by bicycle - every day is an adventure.