{"id":15346,"date":"2022-05-04T23:49:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T22:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/?p=15346"},"modified":"2022-05-05T04:36:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T03:36:37","slug":"transamerica-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/index.php\/2022\/05\/04\/transamerica-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TransAmerica day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Overnight in a typical motel with zero sound insulation. We had to share a bed, which is not a problem but we had trucks driving through our room all night \ud83e\udd72<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our motel room in Astoria <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast in the local caf\u00e9 then back to the museum which is the official start of the TransAmerica Trail <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The official starting point <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Let the adventure begin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Really glad we didn\u2019t have to cross this bridge \ud83d\ude05. Apparently it is quite new so should be strong enough, it just looks flimsy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A relatively easy start along the coast following the Oregon Coast Bike Route <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some long climbs, but great views along the way kept our minds occupied. We managed to get a Warm Showers place to stay with Brian and Maria Gryn. They gave us their monster camper trailer with all the amenities of an apartment \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monster truck, monster trailer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately they had to leave for work at 04:00 the following day so we weren\u2019t able to get to know them better. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overnight in a typical motel with zero sound insulation. We had to share a bed, which is not a problem but we had trucks driving through our room all night \ud83e\udd72 Breakfast in the local caf\u00e9 then back to the museum which is the official start of the TransAmerica Trail Let the adventure begin! Really…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[14,54,20],"class_list":["post-15346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trans-american-bike-trail","tag-bike","tag-holiday","tag-tat","category-22","description-off"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16176,"url":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/index.php\/2022\/07\/09\/radford-to-daleville-transamerica-day-70\/","url_meta":{"origin":15346,"position":0},"title":"Radford to Daleville. 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