Gualala To Jenner 60 kms Jenner to Samuel P Taylor State Park 82 kms Samuel P Taylor State Park to San Francisco 50 kms So we made it to San Francisco, 1946 hilly kilometres cycled since Lund where we lifted the boat out of the water and began our journey. Unbelievably, my skinny capris still …
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Redwood River Resort to WestPort 55.41 kms WestPort to Fort Bragg 25.95 kms Fort Bragg to Manchester Beach 65.08 kms Manchester Beach to Gualala 34.82 kms We’re almost there. It seems fitting to commemorate the ‘last day off’ as our days off have played a big role in the overall trip. We have been pretty …
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Arcata to Rio Dell 58.94 km Rio Dell to Burlington Campground 37.73 km Burlington Campground to Garberville 37.73 km Garberville to Redwood River Resort 27.79 km We’re having our rest day before the Leggett Hill Climb although we’ve already done 900 feet in the last two days. We get to climb 1000 feet day after …
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Port Orford Oregon to Gold Beach Oregon 44.6 km Gold Beach Oregon to Harris Beach State Park Oregon 43.94 km Harris Beach State Park Oregon to Crescent City California 48.48 km Crescent City California to Elk Prairie Campground California 23.97 km Elk Prairie Campground California to Arcata California 70 km Our ride from Port Orford …
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Lincoln City to South Beach Campsite 48.11 kms South Beach Campsite to Florence 79.24 kms Florence to William Tugman State Park 53.50 kms William Tugman State Park to Bullards Beach State Park 63.55 kms Bullard’s Beach State Park to Port Orford 49.46 kms We booked our ticket last night…later than we would have liked but …
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South Bend WA to Astoria OR 81km Astoria OR to Cannon Beach OR 40 km Cannon Beach OR to Nahelem Bay State Campground OR 28.25 km Nahalem Bay State Campground OR to Cape Lookout Campground OR 62.23 km Cape Lookout Campground OR to Lincoln City OR 57.53 km We’re about a third of the way …
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Lilliwaup to Potlatch State Park 13 km Potlatch State Park to Montesanto 81 km Montesano to Twin Harbours State Park 53 km Twin Harbours State Park to South Bend WA 59.16 km Our anticipated day off at Potlatch State Park WA (along the southern end of the Hood Canal) never materialized as Ian didn’t like …
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Sidney to Anacortes 2.02 km Anacortes to Fort Casey 58.04 km Fort Casey to Quilcene 39.81 km Quilcene to Lilliwaup 54.81 km If there is any pattern to the first few days in Washington State it is that we have met some really nice people and discovered that the inland route is relatively hilly but …
Day 4 Parksville to Nanaimo 24.61 km Day 5 Nanaimo to Chemainus 46.32 km Day 6 Chemainus to Sidney 35.76 km After a successful and happy camping experience, I cycled to the top of the campground enroute to Chemainus and my front deralier derailed (it kind of blew apart). Ian was able to set me …
Day 2 Powell River to Courtenay 18 km. Day 3 rest day in Courtenay. Day 4 Courtenay to Parksville 73 km. We found a cheap but nice motel in Courtenay (River Heights Motel). It is owned by a Korean family working hard to tart it up; they did some cheap renovations, painting wallboard pale yellow …
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