Category: California

After 68 hours off the bike, it was time for Rett to nervously test it out. And, no pain! Even with a decent hill-test. What a relief, for both of us! Of course, the gorgeous ride back down CA 199 through the redwoods would have been a good salve for any pain, but it wasn’t…

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…

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…

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…