Leggett to Caspar: 55 miles and 3,988 miles

Today was the first big climbing day. The climbing started fairly early into the ride and we climbed 2k feet over 4-5 miles. It was a not a very steep climb with an average grade of 4 - 5%. The scenery was beautiful and we rode under trees the entire climb so it was nice …

Phillipsville to Leggett: 34.5 miles and 2,647 feet

It was nice to have a rest day in the quiet of the redwoods and the Madrona Inn and wait out the rain. It was the last day of spring rain or so we hope. Today was a short ride and a nice way to rejoin the tour before the big climb out of Legget …

5/16 Rain Day/Zero Day

We are stayed at the Madrona in Phillipsville last night and today. We found it on Airbnb. Despite the mixed reviews we really like the place. It appears to have been a motel at one point and now it seems to be a mixed of nightly rentals and more permanent housing for some locals. Our …

5/15 Eureka to Phillipsville, CA: 72.8 miles and 2,707 feet

We road on and off 101 for the first 35 miles of the day. It's loud on the freeway and we put on ear plugs to drown ou the sound on the vehicles. The last 35 miles of the day was on the Avenue of the Giants. It was magical to ride again among the …

5/14 Day Zero in Eureka, CA

We planned to take a zero day in Eureka to sightsee, though we had a zero rain day in Crescent City a few days ago.We rented a car to visit the Redwood National and State Park to hike. It was interesting to drive the roads that we cycled. A ride that took us five hours …

5/13 Orick to Eureka, CA: 51.2 miles and 1,843 feet

In 1990 Erika was working as an Electrical Engineer and she decided to go back to Graduate School in microbiology. She needed the science course work in Microbiology before she could apply to a Ph.D program and she spent two years at Humbolt State University taking undergraduate course work in microbiology. Coming back to Humbolt …

5/10 Brookings OR to Crescent City, CA: 28.9 miles and 453 ft

Our new friend Richard from The Netherlands told us that he met a man during his ride along the coast from Wisconsin who lost his job two years ago and left by bike with his dog in tow in a trailer. The man was aiming to ride back to Wisconsin. Today we saw a couple …

5/9 Port Orford to Brookings: 60.1 miles and 3,329 ft

Sad to say goodbye to Port Orford. It's a small port town with stunning views from the beacj Turns out my High School friend and basketball team mate Karen Morrison's family owned a hotel in Port Orford and as a child she spent her summers here. Also we learned that Erika's aunt Irene's husband Gene's …

5/12 Crescent City to Orick: 42.2 miles and 2,611 ft

We knew that there was a big climb out to Crescent City. Everyone we met and told where we were going mentioned the climb. The climb was long but not that steep. It was actually nice to have the climb in the morning to warm up. More of a challenge was to safely pass through …

5/11 Zero Day in Crescent City

We do not normally frequent McDonald's unless it's to get an ice cream cone during road trips when we can not find a Wendy's for a frosty or a Berkshire Hathaway owned Dairy Queen for a non dairy ice cream. On this trip the double arches of McDonald's is a place we look for and …