Super 8 Coos Bay / North Bend

We started on Highway 101 and traveled down the coast. It is incredibly beautiful here and the ocean views are stunning. Its amazing how far out to sea you can actually see from this coastal road - its breathtaking. The pine forests are huge and its non-stop scenery for the whole trip.

We started on Highway 101 from Lincoln Beach in ...

We left Long Beach, WA and drove down the Oregon coast to the North Bend/Coos Bay area.
Our friends Sami, Scott and Madi, plus several more of their friends, whom we had met the year before, came with their RVs and horse trailers with a bunch of horses and ATVs to a horse park called Wild Mare that is part of the Horsefal Dunes Park.

We stayed Friday night dry ...

Left the central Oregon coast area for the south this morning. Headed to the Oregon National Dunes area--high sand dunes instead of the rocky cliff areas we have seen. It is said these dunes are higher than those in the Sahara Desert. This area is huge--it spreads for miles and miles and miles. We brought large sheets of cardboard because we heard you could "surf ...

... and security latch should have been comforting enough, but somehow it felt a bit uncomfortable.

We went out for dinner that night, choosing at little Italian restaurant along the main strip called Benetti's. It was very busy for a Wednesday night, so we knew it must have been good and we weren't disappointed. Choosing a mains each was hard, with some delicious sounding selections on the menu, but we settled ...

... story short, Christina and I left with cooking oil on us from head to toe.  Gross!  But we were able to retrieve 105 liters of cooking oil, which by our calculations will get us nearly 600km for free. Hopefully!!!!   C-  "Oh No, did we bite off more then we can chew?"  That was my private thought as cooking oil was spraying all over us!  It's so funny how trying something new brings so many different emotions.  Excitement, anxiety, fear, hope.  Devin and I tend to not know the ...

... in seven years this was only the second time they had a problem of this magnitude. He admitted they were really belligerent both to him and to the police. He says, " If they come back tonite, don't open your door call 911" WHAT??? Hello what? I'm thinking if they come back tonite we're goners! I decided there was really no way those people knew it was me who was asking for action. Still, I slept with one night open and we were out of there the next day. Of the ...

... Walked around town, got our laundry done for free by the nice owner of the hostel, and downloaded some movies to entertain ourselves. It's wind and rain tomorrow...no question about it. Brian just wants to get to the Redwoods and it looks like the weather might turn in our favor when we finally make it there. Peace love bicycles

... border to border charity walk. Apparently he's the only one left of the group he started with and he has a kitten that he keeps on a leash. It was all pretty strange. He even caught us in the morning before heading out and went on about some kind of mushroom. We almost didn't escape. We ended up sticking with the original plan of 35 miles because when we checked the weather, there was ...

... prepare and cook the seafood, with interesting international delights. We opted for some teriyaki tuna, and some smoked salmon. I want to make this official: This is the best smoked salmon I've ever tasted (and I say it with all sincerity) - texture was oily, taste was smoked and sharp, and we dined on it for days..... yum, yum ......

... some cases it seems that it is not possible for the regular citizen to reach the shoreline. Fortunately there are a lot of roadside viewpoints and parks that do allow uninterrupted access to the shore. The first part of the shore road was high up in rock like hills, but eventually the road descended to almost sea level and was very sandy. It was interesting to see this abrupt change. There are several bridges on this ...