January 2010 - Riding home from CA (finally got this one finished)

[frankenduck]

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[BobZ(IL)]

Is it my imagination or do you always avoid the Oregon coast on trips up and back. My riding buddies had to do
I-5 through OR last time. I h8 it.  Miss the cheese curds.

[frankenduck]

I've ridden the Oregon coast several times.  The scenery is nice and all but I don't find the riding particularly thrilling.  Also I usually ride to CA and back in the fall/winter/spring.  Having everything between SF and Seattle be non-raining then is not so common so I focus my planning around NorCal being dry so that I can have fun on 101 and 1.  I just slog it through the crud to/from Grants Pass or Yreka.

I-5 doesn't bother me.  I just get the Ipod going, set the cruise control and kick back.  I've also driven it numerous times so it goes by quickly and before I know it I'm in Grants Pass.

When I rode down in October taking I-5 to Grants Pass let me make it to camping on the coast at the northernmost spot on Hwy 1 in one day.  The next morning I awoke to the surf and the knowledge that I'd be riding Hwy 1 the entire day.  I live for days like that.

When I ride home in early April I'll consider the OR coast since I haven't ridden it in a while but if it's raining then I'll just slab it to get home.

[frankenduck]

Hey, BobZ:

Here's one in 09 where I couldn't find a tire in Eureka so I rode inland to Grants Pass, found a tire and then rode BACK to the Oregon coast and up to Tillamook:

         

http://home.comcast.net/~smithduck/tours/bmwj/bmwj3_upcoast/bmwj3.htm

[BobZ(IL)]

That's what I'm talkin' about!

[orforester]

I used to live in Myrtle Point, along Hwy 42.  Great ride, nice curves got to watch out for those chip vans cutting corners.