Jul 24 2009
Distance: 350 miles / 563 kilometres Temperature: Low 12 (Coos Bay and Coast Mountains) / High 29 (Bend) Travelling Time: 8:45am-4:30pm Altitude Change: Sea-level to over 8,100 ft (2468 m) Yesterday I had such great luck exploring side roads that I thought I’d try the same strategy today. I left late this morning – decided [...]
Jul 23 2009
Distance: 332.8 miles / 535.6 Kilometres Temperature: Low 12 (along the coast – beg./end of day) / High 28 (inland) Riding Time: 8:30am – 5:30pm Wow! What an incredible day of riding. A bit of sight-seeing at the beginning of the day but the rest of the day was lonely, and very twisty, side roads. [...]
Jul 22 2009
Distance: 185 miles / 298 kilometres Temperature: Low 12 (Cape Meares) / High 16 (Sandlake) Riding Time: 8:45am – 2:00 pm After chatting with Tim last night about routes and pouring over a map I still wasn’t able to make up my mind as to where to go. I decided to move back towards the [...]
Jul 21 2009
Distance: 350.9 miles / 564.71 kilometres Temperature: Low 12 (Longview) / High 38 (The Dalles) Riding Time: Approx. 6.5 hours Got up at reasonable hour at the hotel. Had a pretty good sleep – can’t seem to tune out air conditioners – can’t they make them quieter? Called my mate Tim and his wife Cassie [...]
Jul 20 2009
Distance: 327.8 miles / 527.5 kilometres Temperature: Low 12 Squeet / High 25 Longview, Wa Traveling Time: 12:30-8:00pm Well, it certainly seemed odd to load everything up and make my way to the ferry by myself. Seemed like something was missing, and, well, it was – Fiona. Really enjoyed our riding adventure together. Now I’m [...]