Plainview Motel Coos Bay

... back to the coast and met up with Highway 1, where we drove the coastal road to Bodega Bay.

This road trip along the coast has been a huge highlight of our trip. The wildlife and views are really amazing. We were lucky enough to get to see wild Elk and also a Bobcat which ran across the road in front of our car. Luckily it escaped!

... at the Mill Casino about 4 miles from Wild Mare. Then, Saturday night we dry camped at Wild Mare, but returned to the RV park at the Mill Casino, this time with full hook-ups for Sunday night.

The time at Wild Mare was full of great food, campfires and great company. They rode horses a couple of times a day and also had a bunch of ATVs for fun on the sand dunes.

... Bandon By The Sea and searched for agates on the beach, then drove the Beach Loop looking at Face Rock and other rock stacks along the coast. Headed down to the tide pools once again until getting in to our campground a little further south in time to swim and soak in the hot tub. No grocery stores anywhere around so it was boxed mac and cheese made on the cabin porch

... one of the biggest Motel chains in America, Motel 6. To be honest it wasn't that bad. It was what you would expect from a motel chain and for only about 70 bucks a night. The walls were paper thin and there were a LOT of rooms, but other than the tacky bedspread it was ok. That was, other than the sign on the door "For your protection, when in room engage doorbolt and security latch". I guess the fact that they had a ...

... through the US for the next month or so and revaluate traveling to Mexico once it appears safer.  Devin's Mom saw on the news that the US health authority thinks Mexico will be safe by mid-May.  Fingers crossed!  Please everyone, don't worry, we promise to be safe and smart.   100~km clicked on the speedometer since we changed over to veggie fuel and Wesley started to sputter, "what was going on". The vehicle began to slow and it looks like there was a problem with the ...

... rock and her Pooh bear, (she really liked him) but sadly they left the next morning before we could give it to him. The Good People Masquerading as Really Obnoxious People. After Brenda and Ron left the people who took their spot turned out to be the most challenging and I got to face one of my worst fears about traveling on the roads. I'm aware safety is an ongoing concern, especially now it's winter and there aren't so many people around. I've learned to park near ...

Day 16 - October 2 Hills and rain are all today held for us. It rained as we conquered 7 Devil's Road.(Each hill is numbered a different devil as you make your way up a windy ridge) We arrived here in Bandon around 12:30 and decided we would stay at a hostel for the night being that we're about to get wet for the next three days ...

... avoiding the rain that's coming our way. We wasted plenty of time at the Safeway groccery store and even got ourselves a club card and then finally got to camp pretty early. We met another couple riding to San Francisco...wooohooo another girl on the road! It's about time we met one. We got around to playing some rummy too. No surprise, but Brian is still kicking my butt peace love bicycles

... I'll resort to a bulleted approach - Visor fogging. I figured that the spray I was using was water soluble and washing away. I had a waxy version as well, and applied this. - Riding in gusts. I thought about bad traction situations, and remembered my dirt riding skills (thanks Lex!). Cornering in the dirt is very different from cornering on the street, and it's basically a function of the speed you're traveling. On the street, you lean your body into the ...

Very gray morning but a good breakfast in the lounge overlooking the Pacific. The weather forecast wasn't good so we set off south to try and get some better weather. After a short while we took this coast road and found an overlook where we had the very, very good luck to at least see whale spouts some way out at sea near some rocks. Whales rarely jump out of the sea so these was the best we were likely to get. We headed off and found Newport which was very pretty (and we visited ...