Today was an easy ride. The route was flatter, winds were mostly calm or from behind and there were several towns to cross. Started early again and the ground was wet and slight hint of drizzle but mostly dry. Already … Continue reading
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Left the coast today as I’ll start to head more eastwards. It was foggy and misty this morning but dry when I departed. Came through main parts of Brookings and then headed south on four lane highway. After few miles … Continue reading
Today was a short day. Weather forecast indicated a storm was moving through and when I looked out the door at 6am, it was tempting to make a rain day. However, decided to ride to Brookings since that would leave … Continue reading
Some beautiful cycling today under mixed weather conditions. Started early again and was just two miles to sleepy fishing village of Charleston. However, the village wasn’t so sleepy as the convenience market was doing good business at 6am. Not sure … Continue reading
Beautiful ride today along the coast. Fortunately, the weather was much better than the previous three days. Started out early and didn’t take me long to notice that the chain made scraping noises. So stopped and added some lube which … Continue reading
A wet day of cycling along the coast. I came through many small coastal towns today: Pacific City, Neskowin, Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Newport, etc. Weather forecast said “showers” and I had three periods of such showers today. First from … Continue reading
Another rainy day. Decided to make it a short day and made a stop or two along the way. Overall the route took me over the coastal range and then to 101 the main highway along the coast. Ate breakfast … Continue reading
A wet start today. My bike was fixed and back from the shop. I had contacted a former boss of mine and set up a meeting for 3pm in afternoon. So overall plan was to cycle down to West Linn … Continue reading
A long but otherwise uneventful flight brought me to Portland, Oregon. Here I brought my bike in for service and prepared for transition to my self-supported bicycle ride. I brought the two broken rims to Sugar Wheel Works and spoke … Continue reading
Departure day in Cape Town, it will soon be farewell (for now) Africa and hello Portland. My plan is to do my own self-supported ride through some of the western USA before returning to work in Austin. Depending on how … Continue reading