Josie and I were struck with a sudden and violent stomach/digestive illness in Arcata just as Will and I were preparing to head south on the bikes. Unable to eat, terribly sick, flat on our backs for 24 hours… It zapped every ounce of strength I had left, and we couldn’t leave Josie sick and [...]
Archive for July, 2010
End of the road
Posted in Tours, Transportation, Trips on July 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Goodbye, Josie
Posted in Tours, Transportation, Trips on July 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Josie’s bike, Neruda, hanging on the rack at the Adventures Edge bike shop in Arcata, ready to be packed up and shipped home after almost 450 miles down the coast. Will and I leave tomorrow heading south, Josie flies home from Arcata Saturday. No words can describe this 2-week adventure with my daughter. So hard [...]
Arcata
Posted in touring, Tours, Transportation on July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Two rest days at the old Arcata Hotel… Loving the hippie vibe, after many days of — shall we say, conservative Oregon small town life (and bad coffee).
Big Lagoon, Trinidad
Posted in Tours, Transportation, Trips on July 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The most beautiful place I’ve seen, so far on this trip, was the Big Lagoon, just south of Elk Prairie, on the Redwood Highway– one of those rich salt water marsh areas teeming with bird life. Wish we could have camped there for a couple of days. We also got off Highway 101 to a [...]
Elk Prairie Campground
Posted in Tours, Transportation, Trips on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few pix from our $5 hiker-biker campsite at Elk Prairie. The vast silence of the Redwood forest is permeating and ethereal. We could hear the roll of the ocean waves off in the distance, and the night sky was spectacular. Next to us was a large clearing where elk graze– we saw several riding [...]
Redwoods
Posted in Tours, Transportation, Trips on July 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Will joins us at Crescent City after a long train/bus journey. What a sight for sore eyes!! Spent the night at a motel while Josie met up with younger cyclists staying at Jedediah Smith State Park. We gathered the next (Monday) morning and set off on the steep, 6-mile climb heading south from Crescent City, [...]
Crossing the border!!
Posted in Tours, Transportation, Trips on July 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Josie and I crossed the Oregon-Calif border today. 350 miles– we took the bus 100– 450 miles total from our beginning in Longview! And we still love each other…
World Cup!
Posted in Tours, Transportation, Trips on July 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Netherlands vs Spain — at Zola’s Pizzeria, Brookings Or. Rooting for Ned. in honor of the Dutch couple in their 60′s with us in camp last night, riding down the coast.
Fires and fellowship
Posted in Tours, Transportation, Trips on July 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We were early to Harris Beach State Park hiker-biker site yesterday and it was late when cyclists started coming in. To our delight, we greeted two Canadians we’d met at Honeyman SP a few nights ago. Jay and Darryl had done a mere 78 miles or so and actually cooked a wonderful pasta dinner at [...]
Coastal heads
Posted in Tours, Transportation, Trips on July 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Have passed over several Pacific coastal heads– great promontories with rivers on each side, emptying into the Ocean. This one, I believe, was Heceta Head.
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