Day 6 Brookings Tom

Today we had a good time rolling up and around Humbug Mountain, by the cheesy dinosaur park, past my favorite town, Gold Beach, and then over Cape Sebastian, and by one of the world's best windsurfing beach at Pistol River. Years ago I spent so much time here chasing both the perfect wave and wind @ Pistol River - great memories.

Day 5

After the hardest 50 mile ride in my life, Saturday (headwinds at 25 knots sustained), with Pete telling stories about even stronger winds riding over the pass to Ellensburg, we didn't wake up until 8:30 (we went to bed at 9:00PM. We woke up to calm and sunny conditions. Pete had promised a break that morning but couldn't wait and said he'd meet me at Starbucks for breakfast (slave driver). 99 miles and 9hours later we arrived in Port Orford.
Douglas County,Oregon had the smoothest asphalt. All the other counties are using chip seal which rattles you. I took a picture of this wonderful road material.
My day OS typically spent trying to find a draft behind Pete. A recumbent style bike is very aero compared with a upright
I only find a little rest going up hills. A recumbent bike doesn't do to well on these.

Day 4 Florence

Woke up with the sun at 6:30. Here it is now noon and we've gone 29 miles.

The beast and the breeze are both strong today. It is a good thing that road is the level And we are in the trees.

 

After 9 hours we finally arrive in Florence. Motel, laundry, dinner crash.

 

Day 3 Beverly Beach

Oh how nice is a hot shower We're at B Bch campground after all day in the sun. We had a VERY refreshing breeze in our face all day and had two nice climbs.

This morning found us stiff and taking regular turns battling with the beast (more about the beast later). We struggled for 45 miles to Hebo where John headed east toward Salem to catch the train home. It turns out that he made over the coast range and aided by a tailwind made it all the way into Salem. Nice ride. Tom and I fought the beast and the headwind to Neskowin where he stayed on the 101 and I took the recommended by a passerby 5 miles longer more scenic and much less climbing route. Toms route was 2 miles at 7-8 percent an 2 down. Mine was 4 miles at 2-3 percent and 2 at 6-7, hmm I should have remembered that cars really don't notice hills. Yes more scenic but prob. more climbing and 5 extra miles.

After meeting up at Starbucks, both of our beasts were gone at we powered the last 20 miles to B bch campground.

Day 3/94miles/11hours/301miles

Day 2

So soon the honeymoon is over. Our motel has a kitchen so we decided to make breakfast and John came back with blue bonnet instead of butter.
And then Tom went and pealed the potatoes before frying.

I'm feeling a little crispy this morning - probably should have used sunscreen yesterday. No worries today as it is low clouds and drizzle as we prepare to leave. Before we had gone a couple of blocks a bakery/coffee shop appeared so we had to stop. Tom and I shared a cinnamon roll with a side of real butter. A couple of hours later we were quite damp and having first lunch of chili and strawberry shortcake. 15 miles later as we approached the Astoria bridge the sun broke through and it was beautiful for the remainder of the day

Second Lunch was chicken from Fred Myer in Warrrenton. Seaside was a few miles south and we rode the boardwalk along the beach before getting back on 101 and climbing over the ridge to Cannon Beach. From there we faced the climb over Neahkanie mountain. The view from the top is amazing. We decended to Nehalem and checked into the bunkhouse motel

Day 2/88miles/9.54hours/209 total