Day 14
Saturday, 12 June 2004
Humbug Mountain State Park, OR to Brookings, OR
53.0 miles, 4h27m, 11.9 mph
Elapsed Time: 7h24m, Max speed: 45.4mph
Total Climbing: 2573ft, Max elevation: 752ft
Total mileage: 804.7
The bicycle slug moves from place to
place by attaching itself to a host.
This one didn't leave the campsite.
We stopped at Gold Beach and ate lunch. There was a boat race going on
in the Rogue River, upstream from the bridge. I stopped to watch, and
then the boats started racing and they disappeared up the river. There
was
nothing to watch.
There was a nice big climb after Gold Beach that brought us up to over
700 feet.
Looking down the beach.
I call this Mohawk Rock
Phew!
The rest of the ride was all up and down. There were many views of the
ocean, and many views of rocks.
More rocks.
One of our German friends took this picture of us with rocks.
At Boardman State Park, we stopped and talked to the woman volunteer
who takes care of the trails and roadside for this part of the park.
After
about 20 minutes we moved about 200 yards down the road to the natural
bridges. You can hike down to the bridges and walk over them, but it
was too far and too steep to negotiate the trail in cycling shoes.
Natural bridges at Boardman State Park.
A mile or so later we came to the Thomas Creek Bridge, the highest
bridge in the state of Oregon (345 feet).
Highest one there is. Yup.
I have no memory of taking this photo. It must be near Brookings.
We pulled in to the Best Western at
about 3:45 and ate a big dinner at the restaurant across the street.
Tomorrow will be a short day.
