Author: Michael Durham

We woke up to fog but clear skies, so the storm was finally gone.  It was going to be a perfect day of riding with sunny skies, temperatures in the mid sixties, and best of all the 15 mph headwind we faced the last three days was replaced by a 15 mph tailwind.  We were… Continue reading Otter Rock to Heceta Beach, OR

First the bad news, And then I will get to the good stuff.  I have really been having a hard time with flatting on my back tire.  They are tubeless with sealant inside that is supposed to repair punctures.  But yesterday day I was totally flat about ten miles in, and decided I had better… Continue reading Pacific City to Otter Rock, OR

As you can see from the lead picture that we have decided to the ride whole Alaska to Patagonia and beyond Pacific Coast Route.  We are pretty tired from riding  all the way to the  Anchorage Motel but now we have photo evidence.  We’ll get the Patagonia picture later in the trip. We road through… Continue reading Manzanita to Pacific City, OR

The weatherman called it correctly as it started to rain immediately as we got on our bikes.  We had good rain gear but it was untested and in Arizona and Colorado if it’s raining we stay home. So this was a unique experience for us but our next temporary home was 45 miles down the… Continue reading Astoria to Manzanita, OR

JD loved the garden built into the parking lot at the Pitchwood Inn.  It even had tomatillos growing.  If I had known there was going to be fresh tomatillos, I would have brought my Instapot and cooked up some of my posole verde. It was in the mid 40’s when we woke up so had… Continue reading Raymond, WA to Astoria, OR

We decided on the motel continental breakfast rather than the homemade cow pie biscuits at the Rusty Tractor because JD wanted to get an early start this morning.  However, in an attempt to impress JD with my strength, I blew a hole in my back tire with a hand pump.  She wasn’t impressed and I… Continue reading Elma to Raymond, WA

We couldn’t find a breakfast place in town, so we improvised with some yogurt and fruit from the grocery and a latte from one of the little drive by shacks.  The coffee is good here but I need to give the local baristas in Washington a lesson on the proper art of steaming the milk.… Continue reading Belfair to Elma

We had a wonderful evening with Patti and Dave sitting by the water drinking port and eating s’mores.  Patty had a great variation to the traditional recipe by offering a choice of Herseys with almonds, Reese’s peanut butter cups, or a Heath bar.  Great way to end our rest day. After a solid nights sleep… Continue reading Port Townsend to Belfair

We decided to schedule a rest day on Sunday in Port Townsend to visit with Patti and Dave, our friends from Tucson who were nice enough to buy a house on Discovery Bay so we would have a nice place to stay when we rode through town.  We asked for a view of the water,… Continue reading Day off in Port Townsend

We left Anacortes on a cool cloudy morning.  We also had a strong wind from the south which meant that it was going to be headwind the the entire trip down the 35 mile length of Whidbey Island.  We had been promised a prevailing NW wind by the Washington State tourism website.  Apparently this is… Continue reading Anacortes to Port Townsend