Thanks very much for all these excellent tips and guidance AdvPDX! All of youse guys!
We're looking for mostly 30- to 60-mile day/joyrides, and hoping to stay in hotels near great restaurants & breweries. Maybe an occasional credit-card style overnighter away from the car.
She just finished law school, and neither of us are in the shape for a sub 5-hour century right now.

A few things I'm hoping to see on this trip:
~The Sundial Bridge in Redding, CA.
~At least two days of bicycle brewery-touristing in Portland.
~A full day farting/riding around Astoria (unless you recommend against this...?)
~Ride the HCRH, at least the prettiest part of it. If we're feeling frisky and the road & weather are nice, maybe ride out to spend the night in the Dalles and ride back the next day.
~Possibly a day in Bend (a motorcyclist friend strongly recommended it, but how's the bicycling and brewing there?)
~Coos bay? Eugene?

We've got a whole week: 9/18-9/28. I try to stop at least twice a day for barley-tea, as a reminder that it isn't supposed to be a hammerfest.



Am also kicking around the idea of bringing my dogbike (sans dog) because it has such awesome fenders (kinda pointless down here in drought-stricken SD) and I won't be waiting around on my gf so much.


I really love your town up there and am looking forward to this trip!