Movin' On (June 5, 2013)

Since last posting, I have covered quite a few miles ... about 140 or so.  Some of the riding was hard (climbing) and some of it was joyful (descending).  The one constant was the very powerful afternoon tailwinds.

While the tailwind sounds good, it was almost too windy.  If the case was that it was always a tailwind, that would be good.  However, due to the winding highway, sometimes it is a side wind (which feels like a headwind) and sometimes, for whatever reason, it is an actual headwind.  Crossing some of the bridges have been a real test as the bike lanes disappear and the wind always seems to be from the ocean side when crossing the bridge.  The bridge just north of Coos Bay was especially difficult.  No joy there.

So the days went from Florence to Coos Bay, Coos Bay to Bandon, and Bandon to Gold Beach.  Tomorrow I am heading down to Crescent City, California ... a long day with a quite substantial climb.  After that, into Redwood country.  Looking forward to getting up into those giant trees.

As stunningly beautiful the ride down the Coast has been, today's afternoon ride from Port Orford was just astounding.  I talked with a couple of riders from Montreal, in Port Orford, who are riding the Coast for the first time.  They were commenting how amazing the scenery had been ... I think they stopped to take pictures ever 20' riding between Port Orford and Gold Beach.  I rode this area about 10 years ago and then two years ago, so did not feel compelled to take more pictures of the same views.

So the riding has been great, and I have been in the midst of other touring cyclist.  Best of all, the days have been much warmer ... ergo, more enjoyable.