Author: neil
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Hiouchi, CA
The night in the tent felt especially cold, and coming out in the morning and seeing 36 degrees on my thermometer explained why. For our entire 68 hours at Jedediah Smith, the temperature would never exceed 53 degrees (and finding sun amongst these master shade-makers is nearly impossible), so this sure was a test of…
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Hiouchi, CA
Day 2 The Redwoods. We’ve arrived at what will likely be a highlight area of our riding when we look back in a few years. Is it too soon for such highlights? Setting the expectations too high, and thus making it impossible to endure a slog through Kansas? Or just what we need for an…
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Brookings, OR to Hiouchi, CA
Brookings, the last town in Oregon, the town that contains Harris Beach State Park, also contains a Fred Meyer, the store that has everything, so we did a major morning stock-up for the days ahead. We also did a rare cafe breakfast in order to wait out the morning rain, which was successful at both…
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Gold Beach, OR to Brookings, OR
Another short-ish day (but with big climbing) let us stay until checkout at the motel, which allowed Rett to take more advantage of the WiFi and have a video call with her sister. Once out, we had yet more of the primeval southern Oregon coast, with such ill-defined separation between sea and stone, that the…
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Port Orford, OR to Gold Beach, OR
Taking a break from biking for a morning, we hiked up a mountain! 1735 ft. to the top of Humbug Mountain, the tallest point on the Oregon Coast. We could access the trail right from the campground, so didn’t even need to pack up until we got back. There are some pretty great views from…