Originally posted by drcrash
I'm planning an extended tour for this summer. The first leg would begin in San Francicso, CA, and follow the Adventure Cycling route north along the coast to Astoria, WA. It'll be a solo self-contained tour to start on or about 13 June, and my friends' reactions are mainly negative... too much traffic, too rainy, too windy, etc.
I've never been out on the west coast and would really like to see the northern CA/OR coast (it looks terrific in pictures), so I've been listening to the criticisms with a grain of salt. Have any of you cycled all or part of this route and have any first hand information you could share? I am a bit concerned about traffic and weather. Thanks for the help.
I was out that way in August. Didn't seem like too much traffic. There were a lot of motor homes along the route. On the Leggit portion of the Pacific Coast Highway there were quite a few logging trucks. Since then the lumber mill in Ft. Bragg has closed down (after more than a hundred years in business), this might lessen the lumber hauling traffic?
We saw a lot of cyclists, Mostly going south. Is that due to more head winds if traveling north?
Your planned trip sounds fantastic. If I were to do it, I might seriously consider the prevailing wind direction and plan my trip accordingly.