Day Two - Brookings To Newport

Not used to seeing the Oragon Coast due to fog or rain - I was not disapointed.  For the most part - the entire Oragon Coast was socked in with fog.  We were able to glimps a few slight views of what must be a beautiful part of the world.

There are times during riding that I just get this happy feeling like there is noting else in the world that I would rather be doing.

We did make it to Hokuiem Oragon and camped out along a river.  I'm not sure about sleeping on the ground and in a tent.  It used to be fine but getting up 3 or 4 times a night to go to the bathroom has become tidious.  

Day One - Fort Bragg To Brookings

It's been some time since I've been north of Fort Bragg and what a treat,  The beauty along the Pacific Coast through Cleone, Ten Mile, Westport to where the road cuts in to Rockport at the begining of the Lost Coast was riding a fairy tail dream.  The color of the sky at that inbetween stage between fog and sun with the ocean adding the acentuation in the early morning was unbievable.  I want to make that ride again and again - only the next time, I will pull over and just spend time trying to take in what an incredible area of California this is.

We turned toward Rockport and climed through twist and turns until we reached highway 101.  We then took the Avenue of The Giants and stopped to admire the Redwoods.  

One of the unfortunate changes in the ride was the smoke from forest fires.  When we finaly reach Brookings we were told to be prepaird for evacuation.  

Brookings with smoke obscured sky.

Tomorrow - we will try to get through the eclipse traffic on our way to Washington.

On The Road Again

August 19,2017

It's been almost 3 years since I've added anything to this post but a lot has happened in those 3 years.  I made a recovery from a very serious infection (Cellulitis) that waylaid me on my last trip to Canada.  

On my return I stopped in Spokane to spend a day viewing the sites and ended up in a hospital for 3 days. What started out as just a small red blotch on my left chin turned into a major infection.  I have no idea how I contracted this but it took a total of 2 months at home to recover. 

So now - here I am hoping I can make it through this trip with out any mishaps. A high school classmate contacted me and said he was riding his bike (motorcycle) to Prince Rupert Canada and asked if I wanted to join him.  He said he was going to our high school reunion in Fort Bragg (California) and leaving after that.  I checked the weather in Prince Rupert and it looked like nothing but rain and at 74 years old and spending most of my Canadian trips in rain, I said, "count me in."

One of the first challenges facing us will be trying to get through Oregon during the Solar Eclipse.  Our plan is to ride up the Oregon coast but it turns out we will be passing through prime eclipse viewing area. We will attempt to get through the hordes of eclipse viewers and make it to Port Angeles in Washington in time to make a ferry reservation to Victoria Island.  We will ride to the northern most tip of Victoria to catch another ferry to Prince Rupert, spend one night, and then start our trip back through British Columbia.  So - my adventure begins.