Category: Ride Report

The day started peacefully enough.  We checked out of the hotel and set off to find the Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California.  The story behind this beach, in a nutshell, is that the residents used to throw their trash over the cliff into the sea.  Over time the glass that was in the trash…

As the rays of dawn peeked through the curtains, I knew what had to be done.  I laced up my running shoes and went for a quick three miler.  It felt good to get some miles in; almost like knocking out the pains that had settled in after the half-marathon and the days of sitting…

Today was much less disastrous, and much more treacherous.  We left Alturas after having a quick breakfast at the Best Western and headed south on US route 395.  I was glad to be back on the road, but I was quick to realize just what kind of hell I’d rolled into.  Straight roads for as…

Day two started out with a disaster.  But first allow me to employe the plot device that drives me insane.  A couple of hours earlier we’d eaten breakfast at a restaurant not on the main drag in Bend called The Breakfast Club.  There we had a hardy breakfast that actually got us through lunch. After…

Today was the easy day.  I pretty much knew that we’d end up in Bend, Oregon, on the first night.  There were thoughts of going north to the Olympic Peninsula, then up into Canada, but ultimately I didn’t want to run into cool/wet weather after experiencing it for the past several weeks. We left in…