I am pretty sure I heard somebody referring to Oregon as the 'land of milk and honey'; I will agree almost wholeheartedly but blast the rain, I am just not a fan, but as I've mentioned time and time again we have had wonderful weather (knock on redwood).
We biked from Brookings, 5 miles to the Oregon/Cali border and right when we crossed over it looked and felt like California in a way that might be stereotypical for me to say. The shoulders shrunk from almost riding two a breast in Oregon to barely enough for one bike to no shoulder whatsoever. Oregon has bicycle specific maps with the route, elevation, town sizes and accommodations, and hiker/biker campsites well marked so you can plan accordingly; so far haven't seen anything like that here in California; granted we just ride in about 55 miles or so. I had to search the informational fold out on our cycling maps for the campground we are at tonight. I say this not to just harp on California (or Washington), but take note! At this campground alone there are 15-20 people touring and only 2 we have seen at other campgrounds and we have ran into probably 20 or more and this isn't even peak season. There is money to be made, people to accommodate, I would think all three states would as cyclists what they like or don't like or see things that need work and make proper adjustments but it only seems like Oregon is really making it a priority. Ok must stop ranting.
We are camping in the Redwood tonight at Elk Prairie and as we rode to our site we saw a herd of elk in the prairie. We are planning on taking the day off tomorrow to explore the park and its numerous trails.
The ride today had one tough 1000ft climb and a couple 500+ ones and then we added another 10 miles to get to this campground so I've got some sore jell-o legs (don't tell Bill Cosby). Need to look on groupon for a massage deal sometime soon.
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