West Coast Ride

I realized that maybe I should have let everyone know what the crew is doing now that they made it to the West Coast, oops. They left Portland yesterday to head out to the coast, coast. I think that they're also hoping to reconnect with Nathan, Michelle, and maybe Stavros and Dan somewhere on the coast near Eugene, OR, but I'm not sure when and how this will happen.

They will be riding down beautiful highway 101 from Oregon to California. This way they should be able to ride through redwoods and along the pretty scenic coastline. I doubt there will be much swimming due to the cold California Current that runs south along the coast, but it brings nutrients to the area and supports all the seal, otter, fish, bird, and general ocean life along the coast.

I'm heading out to California soon for a backpacking trip with friends and then heading north to see my Aunt and Uncle and meet up with Michael (this is why I can't keep up with the trip anymore). He'll be returning to Oakland with me and then we'll have a day and a half in the Bay Area (staying with another of my Aunts) to explore. Michael, Trevor, Claire, and Calum are all flying out of the Bay Area on Aug. 20, so that is the ultimate destination for all, though I'm not sure if they'll end up taking the train some due to time crunches.

I've included a map with the general route below. I find it amusing that they are basically going to end at the same latitude of Denver, but they did a huge loop up north. I wonder if the final riding mileage of the trip will add up to going straight from Denver to San Francisco. I suppose we'll have to wait till the end to find out.

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