Originally Posted by
mrveloman
Can’t comment on the weather but I just finished riding from Portland to SF the first two weeks of September. My average mileage was 53 miles per day. I rode a total of 636 miles. There was a fire near Brookings (Chetko Bar Fire) which produced a lot of smoke. My son convinced me to skip about 200 miles south to miss all the smoke so I did not ride from Port Orford, OR to Ferndale, CA. My days were as follows:
Hillsboro to Tillamook – 63 miles / 5.4 hr riding time (not including any stops)
Tillamook to Beverly Beach SP – 77 miles / 7.3 hrs riding
Beverly Beach SP to Jesse Honeyman SP – 63 miles / 5.8 hrs riding
Jesse Honeyman SP to Sunset Bay SP – 57 miles / 5.5 hrs riding
Sunset Bay SP to Humbug Mtn SP – 61 miles / 6.1 hrs riding
(Drove from Humbug Mtn SP to Ferndale)
Ferndale to Burlington CG (Weott) 35 miles / 3.3 hrs riding
Burlington CG to Standish Hickey SP – 48 miles / 5.3 hrs riding
Standish Hickey SP to Fort Bragg – 46 miles / 5.4 hrs riding
Day off in Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg to Gualala County Park – 63 miles / 5.8 hrs riding
Gualala to Bodega Dunes SP – 50 miles / 4.9 hrs riding
Bodega Dunes to Samuel Taylor SP – 44 miles / 4.3 hrs riding
Samuel Taylor SP to south side of Golden Gate Bridge 29 miles / 2.9 hrs riding
Regarding riding times, I am 65 and overweight so only averaged around 10 mph. BTW if you go, Manchester SP in CA is closed but the KOA nearby offers hiker/biker rates.
Fantastic and congrats! I am 55 so I want to take advantage of opportunities when I can. As they say you regret what you did not do, more than what you did. You have inspired me, as long as the weather outlook is no horrible I think I will go for it. I appreciate there is no certainty but anybody have an idea when the weather starts to go south ie bad, and winds shift? Here in Tigard it is usually pretty decent until the later part of October.
Thanks