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This was a long, not very exciting day w/ a few highlights. First highlight was the Larry Scott memorial trail. Wonderful forest path. Not long after there was the Hood Canal Bridge, "the longest floating bridge in the world located in a saltwater tidal basin", and third longest overall. I'm not sure exactly how all this works, but the vast majority of the weight is supported by pontoons. The rationale behind the design is that the water was too deep: from 80 to 340 feet, w/ tidal swings of 16 feet. So the surface of the bridge actually rises and falls by that amount.

Then there was a lot of "eh?", and finally we arrived at Belfair State Park, which was fabulous. We were right on the beach, w/ front row seats for the bike-boarders (some of whom would actually get way up off the water via hydrofoils). At some point I'll have video, but you've probably seen this if you vacation in the south. I had not seen this at all.

The other noteworthy event was a nest of raccoons peeing and pooping on Bob's tent. This was bizarre and just a bit unwelcome.

Finally, this was 71 miles! Prior to this tour I did get in ~2400 miles of training, but only 1 day over 50 miles and 3 over 40. The reason is that my right knee was replaced in November. I haven't been willing to push it too far until now. But now time it up! Bottom line: doing fine....

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