Mon. 9-23-02

We found a campsite & stayed for free again. It was about five miles south of Florence. We met some other bikers (from Vancouver) & a guy maned Lee. They were all real nice. My cramps had gotten real bad on the way to the campsite, but I didn't want to spend money on a motel again. So once we got to the site, I took a nice, long, hot shower. It made me feel a little better. That night Brett got a lot sicker though. He was burnin' up real bad & had the shakes. I think he thought he was gonna' die. & I was real worried about him. So we walked slowly to the showers & he took one in the girl's bathroom as I stood outside the stall. I tried to make him take a cold one, but he wouldn't. Afterwards while we were layin' in our sleeping bags again, I kept a cold hanky on his forehead that I put cold water on. It warmed up so fast! (slugster was all curled up on it in the mornin', like a little puppy! -eeeu!)

The next day we decided to get a motel & have a rest day. He definitely couldn't bike anywhere. We ended up back here in Florence. I bought him some warm food & a bunch of Gatorade & some vitamin c cough drops. We watched cartoons & then I walked all the way down the street on both sides & checked every single restaurant & none had soup w/out meat. Of course! All we wanted was soup! So I got some other **** instead. After a while his fever got real bad again, so we went to the doctor. It was right down the road! They drew blood, gave him a throat culture & gave him a shot in the ***. Some Penicillin & Vicodin. He was real happy about the Vicodin & when we got back to the motel, we took some & lay on the bed, watchin' some movie & feelin' good.

Anyway, he prob'ly has to get his tonsills out when he returns home. It's Monday mornin' now & we might take a bus to Coos Bay! Hopefully they have a bike rack. Oh- my dad got married yesterday! ****!! It's so weird to think! I'm SO happy for him!

Um, well, we had to bike because the bus (that we never saw) had no bike rack. So now we're in Reedsport & we tried to get free food at a place a guy on a bus once told us, but it didn't work. So now we're lookin' at a grocery store. I think we've only got 5 miles or so to a campground. Although it's still early.