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 …

5/7 Florence to Coos Bay: 51 miles and 1,983 feet

Today we met two women 20 year old Juliette from France and 21 year old Ah-Riz from Quebec, Canada. They are on summer break from University where Juliette is studying Biology and Ah-Riz law. They are two very nice women and the road represents a challenge, fun, and adventure. They don't appear to be seeking …

5/8 Coos Bay to Port Orford: 62.8 miles and 2,591 feet

We met a nice woman from Washington DC in the motel parking lot this morning. She was a long distant walker/hiker and was traveling the coast from San Francisco to Portland. Everyday she and her daughter walked about 14 miles along the beach or mountains. A year earlier for her 65th birthday she had walked …

5/6 Newport to Florence: 50.6 miles and 2,003 ft

We met a middle aged rider at the hiker/biker camp in Nehalem Bay State Park.  He had just bought a Surly Long Haul Trucker, panniers, and gear. He took off from his home in Tacoma one day with the goal of riding the coast ride to Los Angeles. His son was in rehab and was …

5/5 Pacific City to Newport by bus

We were done riding in the rain and decided to take a bus to Newport. Thankfully all of the buses are equipped with bike racks to carry threee bikes. Tomorrow there is sun in the forecast!! I generally do not take the bus at home and did not appreciate the convience it provides. In coastal …

5/2 – Rained out! Drove from Longview, WA to Astoria, OR

The forecast showed rain all day in Longview and Astoria and given we had ridden in the rain all day the previous day were not in a hurry to ride in the rain. Looking at the route map and discussing it with Art we felt our best option was to rent a car and drive …

4/30 Cosmopolis to Centralia: 55.9 miles 322 feet

We delayed departing from our Warm Showers host's home due to the rain. The rain would turn on and off like a faucet. Down pour then nothing. At 11:00 am we finally darted out between downpours and took an alternate route our Warm Showers host recommended on a community path along the river with no …

5/4 Nehalem to Pacific City, OR: 53.8 mile and 2,006 ft

It's amazing what a difference a day makes. Yesterday the sun was shinning and I rode with just my cycling jersey without a vest or jacket. We woke to find the coast was socked in with fog. The weather app showed only a 20% chance of rain so we tucked our rain gear in. It …

5/3 Astoria to Nehalem 48.9 miles and 2,489 ft

The sun does shine in Oregon after all! I wasn't sure but I saw it and felt it and I rode without my rain gear today. It was an amazing ride out in the sunshine and I think all of the people felt it too. Many people were at the beach In Seaside even though …