As you all know I am now in San Francisco. I thought I’d send one more email for completeness. The rest of yesterday was pretty uneventful. After my last email most of the ride was inland and there was some sun. The hiker biker site at Samuel Taylor state park was bustling. 2 Germans, 2…
Day 13 & 14 – Westport to Manchester
It’s another foggy, damp and cool day here in sunny California. I am not complaining, this is excellent biking weather. Having said that’s it will be nice to dry out soon. Yesterday I continued on from Elk to Salt Point state park. In total it was a 114 km day. I spent a few hours…
Day 11 & 12 – Myers Flat to Westport
Apparently AT&T could care less about the northern coast of California. Even in Fort Bragg, the biggest town around, I barely had connection. Here’s the short version of the last few days. Tuesday: Arcata to Benbow/Richardson Grove State Park. It was hot but I rode 98 miles / 158 km. It took a looooong time….
Day 10 – Clam Beach to Myers Flat
I am now camped at a silly RV place near Eureka. I biked 130 km today over 9.5 hours. The first half was tough as I mentioned, the second half much easier. Must have been the omelette, hash browns and chocolate milk second breakfast. Breakfast of champions I tell you. Around 20 Celsius / 66…
Day 8 & 9 – Crescent City, California to Clam Beach
The shuttle bus dumped me of at 7pm on hwy 101 in the south end of Crescent City. Foggy, clammy and not warm. Knowing there was a big hill and needing a campsite to stay in I rode 10 miles south. The first 2 were flat. The next 6 very very steep and the final…
Day 7 – Crater Lake to Klamath Falls
Today started with 11 glorious, pedal free miles of downhill. No traffic, no cliffs, just effortless 40 kph. Which of course we earned. Then we spent some time on a side road parallel to highway 97. This was also quite pleasant. Then shit went a bit hairy. 97 had narrow shoulders and many big trucks….
Day 6 – Crater Lake Loop
Victory lap or punishment lap? You tell me. It was just over 40 miles and 4000 ft of elevation gain. We were just shy of reaching 8000 ft above sea level. Basically 3 giant hills to go up then down. Most of it was absolutely spectacular. The rest just regular spectacular. Not only the views…
Day 5 – Crescent Lake to Mazama Camp
Uphill uphill uphill. At one point 25 of 30 miles was uphill. 76 miles and 126 km or so. Elevation: plenty. Duration: 9.5 hours. First half of the day was smooth and fast highway riding. We covered half the days distance in about 3 hours. And then came the hills. We were moving at about…
Day 4 – Bend to Crescent Lake Resort
We somehow turned today into 76 miles / 128 km. Note to self: add 10% distance and 50% duration to Google maps bike routes. The day started with the most stunning 5 miles of biking I can imagine on the Deschutes River Trail. It was a dirt trail at some points a foot wide through…
Day 3 – Metolius to Bend
Well, it was another soul crushing and thigh destroying day on the road. The pictures will tell the story better than words, if you haven’t already read of our woes in the news. 40 miles give or take (65 km), perfect weather and a 15 mph wind at our back. Pastries in a hippy garden…
Day 2 – Silver Falls to Metolius River Lodging
97 miles + 2 bonus miles for Jeremy as a reward for leaving my phone at the top of a hill. That’s 156 km. Elevation is tough to say. 6000 feet for sure and likely more, particularly due to some costly missed turns. I’ll blame Jeremy again. 12 hours on the road, half of that…
Day 1 – Portland to Silver Falls
In a tent about to fall to sleep. I don’t think either of us hurt much at all. Today’s highlights… 58 miles / 99 km First hour was great. Mostly downhill and we spent some time on a beautiful trail. Then I noticed my tire was low. We stopped to pump it and planned on finding…