I am in Bandon, which is a rather pleasant small coastal town in Oregon, and I have cycled approximately 400 miles! If I make it all the way to San Francisco it will be a total of about 950 miles. I am very excited to be about half way, although the cycling is taking longer than I hoped and I still seem to be crawling down the coast. Oregon seems to be much hillier than Washington, and when I find a flattish bit it is so rare I rejoice! Coming down the hills I seem to be hanging on my brakes as with all of my gear I can pick up a lot of speed, and going up the hills, well that's another story - but I thought I was supposed to get fitter with all this exercise?!
The mornings are misty and when on a tranquil stretch of road it is so peaceful, and the afternoons are nice and sunny, the beaches are dramatic, with cliffs, stacks and lots of rocks, making them treacherous for boats, Oregon has a fine collection of light houses all the way up and down the coast and yesterdays campsite was within earshot of its loud and mournful fog horn - it was delicious, sent shivers up my spine!
Drat, library computers, and time limits, I have 12 left and still need to find a campsite for the day after tomorrow.
I will try to update again soon!
The mornings are misty and when on a tranquil stretch of road it is so peaceful, and the afternoons are nice and sunny, the beaches are dramatic, with cliffs, stacks and lots of rocks, making them treacherous for boats, Oregon has a fine collection of light houses all the way up and down the coast and yesterdays campsite was within earshot of its loud and mournful fog horn - it was delicious, sent shivers up my spine!
Drat, library computers, and time limits, I have 12 left and still need to find a campsite for the day after tomorrow.
I will try to update again soon!
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