Category: Seattle to San Francisco in 2012

It was drizzly wet when we left Bodega Bay this morning. We rode highway 1 thru rolling hills of farm pastures. We ate homemade pastries at a small bakery in the tiny town of Tomales. Unbenounced to us this is … Read the rest

We rode 47 miles today. We almost had to share our oatmeal with a raccoon, but Alex, another hiker/biker scared it away last night. Alex and his brother are biking back home to L.A. Alex is a rower at university … Read the rest

We rode 66 miles from Cleone to Gualala. At the suggestion of a local surfer, we ate breakfast at the super organic highway 1 cafe. We rode thru several towns with only several hundreds in population. We ate lunch at … Read the rest

Wednesday we rode 86 miles from Myers Flat to the tiny town of Cleone which is just north of fort Bragg. We fueled up with Buckwheat pancakes at the Avenue cafe. The map profile showed an intimidating long hill up … Read the rest

We diligently followed the route shown on the Adventure Cycling map and rode the bike path called “Hammond Trail” several miles thru Arcata. We ate an excellent breakfast at Big Blue Cafe and rode by Humboldt State univ. The speedy … Read the rest

We rode 66 miles from Crescent City to McKinleyville. We said goodbye to our new friend Bob and climbed thru the redwoods. I rescued a banana slug from getting run over. It felt slimy and sticky. We took each others … Read the rest

We rode 61 miles from Gold Beach to Crescent City. We climbed a hill out of town and met David from Toronto. We cringed when we saw 2 deer cross 101 highway. We rode thru Smith River and feasted on … Read the rest

Started the day in Bandon, OR, and ended in Gold Beach. We had a blast with tailwinds near a town called “Sixes”. In one case on a gentle grade, the wind actually propelled us up the hill.

The sun was … Read the rest

55 miles from Winchester Bay to Bandon, Oregon. Mostly sunny, nice. Joined a fellow named Bob from Bellingham, WA, who took off from our camp at Umpqua, Lighthouse, State Park. Bob, is just starting riding after a year off from … Read the rest

Today is what long distance touring is all about. We did not have any mechanical issues, we both felt strong all day, we started early, the sun was shining, we had tailwinds, and we rode 80miles fully loaded.

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After sleeping in ’til 6am, we went to L’il Sambo’s for breakfast hoping the rain would stop. No such luck. We packed our wet tents and headed south. As the photos show, the coastline (Boiler Bay shown) is beautiful as … Read the rest

Today we rode from our camp at Dovre to Lincoln City, a distance of 63 miles. The more significant fact is that we also climbed about 3700 feet, which is similar to climbing La Cumbre Peak. We are worn out … Read the rest

After a “not worth writing home about” breakfast at Denny’s, we went to River City Cycles to replace my broken spoke. Jesse gave us a map and instructions for a great route to the pacific. To make up time, we … Read the rest

We woke with the sun to the sound of hundreds of bike cleats “click clacking” on the pavement.
As you can see in the photo, we rode thru the tiny rural town of Winlock with it’s famous “worlds largest egg”. … Read the rest

We rode 4 miles to the start at U of W and stopped at Greenlake to eat our usual oatmeal and turbo coffee. We jettisoned our bags (actually, gave them to the SAG truck) and we started as the last … Read the rest