Day 4 MORE TIME FIXING THAN RIDING

Woke up to a light pounding of rain on our tents. Semi-excited to finally have a need to use our expensive rain gear we once again took a couple of hours to move onto our bikes. A small problem with the cannondales rear wheel had us taking another detour to the bike shop. After the master mechanic started to dish the wheel to make up for the wheel rub on the chain stay, he found a broken axel on the rear wheel. It took about three hours for him to locate the right part and get it intsalled and brakes adjusted. 2:30 the bike was in our possesion again. Having thought this over for a while, we decided that it would be best for kane to be riding the more durable Surly Long Hual Trucker, and have Evan on the Cannondale. Setting out at 3:00pm we rode on a very nice highway that's not in primary use any more. Along the river we pedaled for 30 miles intill we hit the very, very small town of Concrete. Starving, we strolled into Annie's Pizza Parlor. A large Annie's Supreme and chesse sticks filled us as we made the last two miles to our next campsite, Eagles Nest. At 15 dollars a campsite we ended up doupling on tents, giving us a little bit more bonding time...Resting around a large campfire we talked with the owner and a fellow camper. We found that the area we were in the Birds nest has not had a summer for the last three years. Being surrounded in the mountains makes for a very dense overcast year long. "Free Way! Free Way! Cut that shit out Freeway!" A lady shouted as she stomped in the wet grass chasing after her dog which entered our campsite. Well, her chasing was more of a drunkly stumble after the dog that was excited to be free from the RV that he was couped up in for to long. A couple of beers and laughs set us off for bed as we began to dread the mountains passes to come.