Leaving MacKerricher State Park in the morning, we bade farewell to our fellow cyclists and prepared for- yet more!- rolling hills as the day’s route promised to tightly cling to the cliffs as it followed the coastline to Manchester State Park for the evening. We decided a slow but steady pace was best as our [...]
After cutting our previous day short after a suffocating climb in the raging heat, we had extra ground to cover if we were to reach MacKerricher State Park in Cleone, outside of Fort Bragg. We raced to get ready early in the morning in the hopes that we could escape the worst of the heat, [...]
Our day started back on the buzz of the busy freeway, with the wind still in our favor and the sun shining once more. This stretch of good weather, it seemed, was here to stay- at last. We entered the city of Eureka and were guided from the main route through onto a quieter bike [...]
The characteristic heavy, thick fog that greeted us upon arrival into the ‘sunshine state’ was the backdrop for our next day back on the road after a much-needed day off. Our first climb out of Crescent City was a slow but steady affair, awakening my legs again quite rapidly, and causing us to stop on [...]
So, day 43 was to be the day we’d finally say goodbye to Oregon and cross the border into the final state for this second leg of our journey: the ‘sunshine state’ of California! Our day started with the much-anticipated Cape Sebastian and, true to the warning of the Tourist Information clerk, it was a [...]
After leaving KOA Denmark, we trudged the 10, 15? Miles along barren highway to reach Port Orford. It wasn’t until the highway suddenly swung back towards the coastline and I was instantly greeted by the beautiful ocean views at Battle Rock Historical Wayside that it suddenly hit me just how much I’ve missed the coast [...]
The ride from the campsite at Sunset Bay was a long, challenging affair. Our route through Charleston to Sunset Bay had taken us from the 101 towards the coastline, and in order to return to it, we were obliged to hit the Severn Devils Rd towards Bandon, climbing a steep, harsh hill and then weaving [...]
When I woke in the morning to glorious sunshine over the Oregon Dunes, I was in my element: nervous, excited, terrified and a million other emotions all rolled into one. Today I would conquer a fear and achieve one of my [admittedly rather new] ‘bucket list’ aims: sand buggy-ing. I had worked my magic pleading [...]
Having said our goodbyes to our hosts outside Newport- and Theo having begrudgingly bid farewell to the beloved tractor that was his object of attention for the majority of our stay!- we set off under a grey, heavy-looking sky, fully anticipating -with a degree of dread- a day of rain ahead of us. The coast [...]
A slightly longer ride was the goal for the day after another mosquito-infested night at Nehalem and we set off as promptly as we could (which for us, it has to be said, isn’t usually before 9am…) in order to fit in the miles and make the most of another glorious day. We re-joined the [...]
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