Been riding down the Pacific Coast

September 26, 2007 by bobcatou

Hey guys, Sorry for not writing much on the blog front. I have been without Internet and frankly good cell coverage for a couple days.

I’m down Bodega, California tonight. (40 miles north of San Francisco) This is where they shot the movie “The Birds” Basically from Lincoln City to here, I have been riding RT-101 and Rt-1 along the coast. I’ve got pictures and will post soon.

I met some other bikers, (A couple from outside Seattle) and I have been sharing a campsite for the past two nights with them. As well as eating better than I should. Debbie is a good cook.

Anyway I have to figure out where I am going tonight. I might spend a couple days checking out San Fran actually. Not sure. I have booked 3 days camping at Yosemite starting Oct. 1.

More to come soon with good pics of the coast

Lincoln City, OR

September 21, 2007 by bobcatou

Tonight I am camping in Lincoln City, OR off the Pacific Coast Highway.

I stayed here last year as some might remember but the weather was quite nasty then. Since blue skys were predicted, I decided to take a gander at the town again. The place is quite pretty.

MT. St. Helens was somewhat of a bust this morning. The road up to Windy Peak, where you can see the volcano was closed. Well that is what some of the locals and geologists at the campground told me. They did say that I could probably sneak around the gate with no problem but I didn’t think that would be wish.

Instead I just took a short ride around the area. The excursion was still worth the views I got.

I haven’t decided whether I am going to stay here an additional day and ride around or not. I’m getting tired of setting up and tearing down my tent each day. I might just leave it and shoot off some direction for the day then come back tomorrow night. The leading thought is up Rt-101 north along the coast.

More to come…

Heading south to Mt. St. Helens

September 20, 2007 by bobcatou

I stopped back through to my brother’s and his wife’s place in Port Townsend. I have been have a minor problem with a fork seal on my bike. Small leak but enough to have to deal with.

Not as bad as it looks…just alot of small parts in the fork.

This short visit wasn’t too bad. My brother had out of town company and we ate well. Several crabs and halibut sacraficed themselves for us this night.

The aftermath!!!

In Canada I made it as far as Whistler, B

The town is ritzy but wasn’t as nice as I had heard. Might be different when there is snow.

I just finished looking at some job boards and sent a couple resumes out. I’m heading to Mt. St. Helens tonight to camp then going south from there. I wanted to go to Yellowstone Natl. Park in Wyoming but the nights are already in the 20’s so I think I will see if that changes before I head east.

More later…Hope for no eruptions.