West Coast Planned Itinerary

September 14 – October 11

  • 29 days
  • Average: 51 miles per day
  • 4 layover days
  • San Francisco layover day: Wednesday, October 1
DayDateFromToMileagePre-Ride Notes
1Sun 9/14/08Fort Stevens State ParkTillamook60Tillamook Cheese factory, Tillamook Air Museum
2Mon 9/15/08TillamookBeverly Beach State Park80Long, beautiful day
3Tue 9/16/08Beverly Beach State ParkJessie M Honeyman Memorial State Park60Sand dunes
4Wed 9/17/08Jessie M Honeyman Memorial State ParkSunset Beach State Park55Beautiful beach
5Thu 9/18/08Sunset Beach State ParkCape Blanco State Park63Cape Blanco Lighthouse
6Fri 9/19/08Cape Blanco State ParkBrookings55Hilly ocean riding, gorgeous views
7Sat 9/20/08Layover Day at Brookings0Motel, shopping, laundry
8Sun 9/21/08BrookingsElk Prairie Campground (CA)63Elk! Ocean and redwoods
9Mon 9/22/08Elk Prairie CampgroundEureka KOA46More trees
10Tue 9/23/08Eureka KOARedcrest Resort45Ocean and trees
11Wed 9/24/08Redcrest ResortRedwoods River Resort48Avenue of the Giants (Redwoods)
12Thu 9/25/08Redwoods River ResortMackerricher Beach State Park46Trees and back to the ocean
13Fri 9/26/08Mackerricher Beach State ParkManchester KOA42Twisty, narrow, hilly, beautiful ocean riding
14Sat 9/27/08Layover at Manchester KOA0Beautiful, sandy beach
15Sun 9/28/08Manchester KOABodega Dunes State Park65 
16Mon 9/29/08Bodega Dunes State ParkSamuel P Taylor State Park41Very popular biking area, more populated
17Tue 9/30/08Samuel P Taylor State ParkSan Francisco30Across the Golden Gate bridge
18Wed 10/1/08Layover Day at San Francisco0 
19Thu 10/2/08San FranciscoPigeon Point Light Station and hostel52Climb out of SF, then easy-going ocean riding
20Fri 10/3/08Pigeon Point Light Station and hostelManresa State Park50 
21Sat 10/4/08Manresa State ParkVets Memorial Park28Monterey
22Sun 10/5/08Vets Memorial ParkLime Kiln Park58Big Sur
23Mon 10/6/08Limekiln ParkCambria40 
24Tue 10/7/08Layover Day0Hearst Castle and very arty town. Plus, a beach
25Wed 10/8/08CambriaNorth Beach Campground55 
26Thu 10/9/08North Beach CampgroundRefugio State Beach71Artichoke capital of the world! Also, I think this is my favorite beach camp that we saw
27Fri 10/10/08Refugio State BeachCarpinteria State Beach44Santa Barbara
28Sat 10/11/08Carpinteria State BeachMalibu RV Park60 
29Sun 10/12/08Malibu RV ParkLos Angeles20 
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