Day 5 – 24th June – Prineville to John Day
116 miles ridden - 5259 feet climbed. I was with the early starters today after pulling a muscle on yesterday's climb so I was on the road just before 6am this morning. The weather held great promise - clear sky and around 13C even at that time - and the forecast for...
Day 4 – 23rd June – Kah-nee-ta to Prineville
60 miles ridden - 3248 feet climbed. Lovely weather today. Sunny, warm in the sunshine but not too hot overall. After a fabulous downhill into, and then this morning out of, Kah-nee-ta we had a decent 3 mile climb up onto high plains. The 'A40' wasn't quite so busy...
Day 3 – 22nd June – Welches to Kah-nee-ta
65 miles ridden - 4,892 feet climbed. We had a slightly earlier start today as over the first 12 miles we needed to climb to Government Camp in the foothills of Mount Hood at an elevation of 3995 feet. It wasn't particularly steep - just long. As with yesterday...
Day 2 – June 21st – St. Helens to Welches
74 miles ridden - 2835 feet climbed. I'll start with the highlight - the view of Mt. Hood: It was a really mixed day - the first 20 miles and last 20 miles were a bit like cycling down the A40 (UK readers) or Route 17 (US/NJ aware readers). This gets tiresome after a...
Day 1 – June 20th – Astoria to St. Helens
69 miles - 2,917 feet climbed - 4000 calories to be replaced! So finally we got underway. Breakfast was at 6am this morning to allow us all to pack up our stuff and get the van loaded before a group photo. The route today was quite straight forward - turn left out of...
Day 0 – 19th June – the Pacific Ocean
Now we are all here. Today we have had all the orientation sessions about US road rules, thunderstorms, lightning etc. Most of the riders went in groups to dip our back wheels in the Pacific Ocean at Fort Stevens State Park beach. Not a long ride - 27 miles - but a...
17th June
Great ride today - dodged the morning rain and late afternoon gloom for a lovely ride to Seaside, Oregon. 39 miles, 1600 feet of climbing and the Pacific Ocean - quite a view! My fellow riders are starting to arrive - some really nice and interesting people...
Astoria Oregon – am I pumped or what!!
Well, I'm here - it's a lovely little town which has starred in feature films such as The Goonies, Kindergarten Cop, and two Free Willy films. Everyone is friendly although they tend to tilt their head in a compassionate and concerned way when I explain what I am...
Saturday 11th June – UK training over…..
Had a decent week's training - 215 miles covered, 11,316 feet climbed at an average speed of 14.4mph - whatever.....no more cycling until I am in Astoria Oregon. I have a couple of routes loaded into my Garmin with a map set for North America so assuming British...
Monday 6th June
Finally some great summer weather! Had a fabulous ride from home out via Ashridge, up and over Ivinghoe Beacon, and home via Wendover. 48miles, 2900feet of climbing and 14.4mph average speed. Great view.....