Day 120 Miles: 20* From Clay Myers state park to Cape Meares Despite all the gray and the clouds and the gloom of the coast, it hasn’t actually rained on us – until last night. Nick must be our bad luck charm. Or perhaps he’s just his own bad luck charm, seeing as he forgot…

Day 119 52* From Beverly Beach State Park to Clay Myers State Park We’re eating breakfast, milling about the campsite, when the ranger drives up in his little golfcart. He checks for our paystubs to make sure we didn’t cheat him out of his five dollars, then starts grilling us about unauthorized campers – had…

Day 118 Miles: 42* From Washburne State Park to Beverly Beach State Park Along with indisputably better views, our stealth campsites also motivate us to break camp by the break of dawn. The ride out is chilly and foggy. We agree to take a break as soon as we hit a coffee shop (standard plan)…

Day 117 Miles: 41* From Umpqua Lighthouse State Park to the Washburne State Park Plip, plop, plip. Plop plop. Plip. It’s raining, or dripping, or at least plip-plopping. “Oh good,” I think. “What a good excuse to sleep in,” and I roll over. We all roll over. No one’s out of bed before 8:30 today….

Day 116 Miles: 22 From Coos Bay to the Umpqua Lighthouse State Park The hardworking young couple is at work and out of the house long before I get up. Pacman has been up’and’at too – I can tell by the smell of sizzling bacon that draws me into the kitchen. Pacman is flipping pancakes….

Day 115 Miles: 29* From Bullards Beach State Park to Coos Bay Despite the name, Bullards Beach State Park is not on the beach. Our miles for the day on the Pacific Coast Bicycle Route aren’t on the coast either. We turn off the 101 after only a few miles and head into the rural…