Blog Editor

Editing Post: 2025-09-20 Cancel

Title

Text

Good recovery day, even the climbing was mostly gradual. Went past the Seal Cave, which I've seen twice before, and multiple gorgeous beaches.

Most exciting part for me was seeing the rental homes where Rosana, Blue, and Giulia met me at end of the Yorktown Beach to Oregon Beach TransAm in 2023. The TransAm is the granddaddy of all tours, and for good reason. It's over 4000 miles and crosses the entire country. It goes through the Rockies (Hoosier Pass), the Tetons (Jenny Lake), Yellowstone, the Blue Ridge Parkway and many more incredible sights. Given the challenges we had during that tour (ACA cancelling it, planning it on our own, disagreements between even the those of us who finished), arriving in Oregon in the bosom of my family meant that I've rarely felt as fullfilled as I did when I walked through that door.

Passing these homes sort of ties everything together, makes this part of the a web of criss-crossing the country that I have done over the years.

Now I have to go overseas......

I will add that while the coast is almost uniformly gorgeous and many of the campgrounds wonderful, we deal daily w/ non-stop traffic, narrow or non-existent shoulders, and narrow bridges that must be crossed in the car lanes (riding in the sidewalk is rarely feasible). Comparing it to something like the TransAm is difficult because they are so different.

Mileage

Climbing (feet)

Latitude

Longitude

Visible