October 1, 2022
Day 22 - Weott to Leggett
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Another gorgeous morning. I expected things to be damp since we were camped in the middle of the redwoods, but everything was surprisingly dry and the temperature was moderate.
The previous night, I injured my left foot. I was heading for the showers, wearing flip-flops, and tripped over a tent stake, landing hard with my left foot on another tent stake. Unfortunately my flip-flops had shifted and so my bare foot was impaled. Swearing and bleeding profusely as I fell onto my tent, I landed on my air compressor, so it was buzzing and creating a bunch of noise to add to the excitement.
Fortunately, we have a retired doctor in the group. He cleaned and dressed the wound and gave me follow up instructions. But it was iffy as to whether or not I would be able to ride today.
I really wanted to ride. Today would take us through the remainder of the Avenue of the Giants, and I didn’t want to miss it. The wound is on the outer edge of the ball of my foot and I reasoned that even though walking was difficult, I might be able to ride if I kept the pressure toward the inside.
So I tentatively took a spin around the campground and decided to give it a go. If I had problems, I would call for a sag. So, off I went.
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I pedaled slowly and carefully, committed to enjoying as much of the ride as I could. I definitely could not ride standing, so I would have to do all the hills sitting down.
The ride through the redwoods was just as inspiring as on the previous day. There’s just something about Redwoods that always makes me feel like I am in a sacred space. Again, I took lots of GoPro footage and will add that to this post when I have a chance to process it.
At some point, I caught up with Bernice and we rode together the rest of the day. It was nice to have someone with me while riding with an injured foot. Around mile 20 we began climbing up and away from the redwoods.
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We stopped to see the famous one log house — a tiny home carved out of the center of a fallen redwood tree. It really was amazing, and quite cool in the house even though it was very warm outside.
A good portion of the ride was along the eel river, which I enjoyed very much. In case you can’t tell from my many pictures of water and reflections, I love water in all its forms — rivers, lakes, ocean.
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Our destination was the Standish Hickey park. I made the entire ride, though quite slowly, arriving after 3 PM. I was exhausted, and though my foot hurt, I could tell it was getting better. I was glad I had decided to ride, and ready for a good night’s sleep.
Today's ride: 48 miles (77 km)
Total: 950 miles (1,529 km)
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I hope your foot heals quickly and doesn't bother you too much on the hill south of Leggett.
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