Coos Bay to Port Orford

Today, we traveled 52 miles and averaged about 14.8 mph and climbed 2700 feet while moving down the coast to a small town on the Oregon coast. Port Orford consists of a few vacant buildings, a run down tavern, a small motel, where we are staying and a killer fish and chips place where I am now sitting. The day began at about 8:15 where we left the confines of the Mill Casino in Coos Bay. The morning was foggy and a bit dreary as we made our way along the busy highway south of Coos - we began the ride with a steep 6% 450 foot climb out of the bay. We rolled along with many ups and downs - there did not seem anyplace to rest. We are all feeling the effects of the ride yesterday and we "cut" our ride short to only 52 miles today. I am excited at the thought that tonight there will only be two of us in the room instead of 4. We are staying at the Shoreline Motel. The place is something out of a 1960's B movie - but it's clean and doesn't seem to smell. The manager is even washing our cycling clothes for us, an added bonus. The weather is clear this afternoon and we look forward to putting some miles behind us on the ride tomorrow. It appears that there will be a big climb after Gold Beach and with the weekend upon us, we will need to look out for weekend traffic. Gary and Daniel are both feeling a bit weak from the riding - they do not ride that often and I give them both credit for doing the hard miles so far. Equipment has been great - only one flat yesterday and I think this was due to the "mechanic" not properly seating the tire when he put the new one on Gary's back wheel. We are all looking forward to the ride tomorrow -