Today we crossed the border into Californ-i-a! Nottoo far after that we detoured off the ACA route and headed to Jedediah Smith Redwoods and Stout Grove. I'd decided we should follow the route taken by a tandem couple from a blog I'd read. It included a bit of pushing the bike through a 'boulder …
Continue reading Day 8 – Brookings to Klamath (80.8km/+907m)
We were planning on riding today (albeit without a lot of enthusiasm on my part) . When I checked the forecast when we woke up, and it said thunderstorms, I asked him if we really wanted to ride in that. A few checks of different weather sites, and a weather radar, and he decided we …
Another short day, but with a bit of climbing. We're kind of timing our runs between towns. Wouldn't mind a rest day, but these last couple of stops haven't really appealed for hanging around another day and night. (Bandon would have been nice but it felt too early.) Today the smoke haze had gone, …
[Six months later I'm coming back to edit and fill in all the missing blurb. Some days I was just too tired to blog, and preferred to prioritise the experience, rather than feeling pressurised to be recording it.] We decided to do a couple of short days ... so we wandered back down into …
Continue reading Day 6 – Port Orford to Gold Beach (short day in lieu of a rest day)
We decided to split proposed 90+ k day into two, which was probably a good thing because today's 46.5k became 55.6k, so we would have been creeping up over 100k (and one of those was enough!) While I'm a little bit worried about getting to SF with a few 50k days, it was good to …
This morning we rode a 20k return to check out Cape Arago. Sans panniers! That felt pretty good! First real look at the Pacific Ocean up on this hemisphere. Just finished lunch back at Charleston, panniers are locked and loaded and we're about to tackle the infamous (in cycling touring circles) Seven Devils …
Continue reading Day 4 – Charleston to Bandon (Cape Arago side trip)
Well that day ended up being about 20k more than I had initially planned! Now at Charleston, a little fishing village east (and a bit south) of Coos Bay. Smells like one too! But we got lucky with the motel booking - we've booked ahead a few nights over the long weekend. Didn't even care …
The plan was originally Winchester Bay, a bit further than Reedsport, but turns out it's Labor Day long weekend and it's pretty hard to find accommodation. (Also the highway is busier). Maybe we should have put back our trip another week. Anyway, we were lucky to find a room in Reedsport. Nothing much (but priced …
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