Kevin
September 12. Humbug Mountain State Park to California State Line. 58 miles, 3,314 feet elevation gain, 28 GBE
Another great day on the coast, although slightly cooler, requiring arm and knee warmers. Another day with wind from the north made riding easy and the miles passed easily. We made a quick stop at the Prehistoric Gardens, but did not take the tour. Someday I'll have to stop and pay for the tour. Because it was such a great day on the coast, we didn't take the Advice enture Cycling route at Ophir, and decided to stay on Hwy 101. Traffic on this part of the coast is generally lighter than up north. As we neared Gold Beach we diverted to the Old Coast Hwy and rode that the final miles into Gold Beach. We stopped at Double Ds Cafe(always a favorite) for breakfast, which provided fuel for our last significant climb on the coast before the California border. The climb up Cape Sebastian begins at sea level and tops out at 700 feet, providing out high point for the day, and the long 7% downgrade provided our highest speed so far, at 46 mph. Fun! More rollers along the way and great scenery and soon we were in Brookings. Just another 6 miles to border. Along the way we passed the fire camp for the Chetco Fire-a small city! There even was a t-shirt stand for fire shirts. We stopped for the obligatory pictures at the California Welcome sign, and ran in to Paul from Saskatchewan, finishing his 12 day solo tour from Vancouver BC. We had met Paul on Monday at the Langlois store, and had a beer with him at camp on Monday night at Humbug. Janet and Jo soon arrived with the Sprinter, and we loaded up and drove back to camp at Harris Beach State Park near Brookings.
We are gonna hang out here a couple of days before heading east to figure out our next destination. Thursday we are going to take a JetBoat ride up the Rogue River. It will be fun to see the river from a perspective different than the seat of a kayak!
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