Riding 101: an intro to cycling the coast

Florence to Sunset Bay National Park: 55.6 miles

Today was a pretty easy day after yesterday. We slept in this morning at Spider's awesome home (see the solar panels), and when we got up for breakfast he made us the best huevos rancheros I've ever had. Not a bad start to the day, as late as it was.


We got on 101 and stayed on it for 40 miles. It was really beautiful. We saw sand dunes and forest simultaneously, we saw beach, ocean, rivers, trees, hills. The works.





 It was pretty hilly, we had a couple serious climbs, but nothing like the 1200 ft one we did yesterday. To get into North Bend, we had to cross this beautiful bridge. However, it was too narrow for a shoulder so they had a button that you hit that would turn on lights that would indicate to drivers that they could only go 30 mph because of cyclists on the bridge. Pretty crazy.


We had some dinner at a perfectly mediocre seafood restaurant near North Bend, and headed to our campsite.

When we got there we met some other cyclists who were staying at the hikers bikers camp site, where all the cyclists and hikers get to camp out on a big meadow for like 5 bucks each. WTF. We did not know this existed. We paid like 25 more dollars per campsite to have a site with a parking place. And we're on bikes. Oh well, live and learn.

We went to the beach to watch the sunset, which was gorgeous.

We had a Stone Ruination IPA and talked with a cool cyclist named Nick, traveling from the north Oregon coast to San Diego. Now we're cozy in the tent and about to pass out. Goodnight. Except you're probably not seeing this until tomorrow morning since there's no service here. So good morning.

Special Sam moment of the day:

I've been wanting to do this one for a while. Special Sam and his Special Setup.