Day 114 Miles: 33* From Port Orford Heads to Bullards Beach Not even the crack of dawn, and we’re strapping down our gear and rolling out. It’s windy and cold – it’s supposed to be beautiful and calm, right? We aren’t supposed to have a headwind till the afternoon. Life is supposed to go as…

Day 113 Miles: 27* From the Rogue River to Port Orford There’s a man out there, fishing. I rouse myself. “J, did that guy have to walk down the trail by us while we were sleeping?” J, laying beside me, answers, “I think so.” I’m creeped out after all. Pacman is already packed up. We…

Day 112 Miles: 27* From Harris Beach to the Rogue River Bicyclists aren’t quite the same breed as hikers… 8:30 in the morning and every biker in the campground is still here. We’re the same as ever – last ones out of camp, even here. We haven’t really meshed with the bicyclists that we’ve met…

Day 111 Miles: 28* From Crescent City, CA to Harris Beach State Park, OR This morning is miraculously clear – like we carried the sunshine back with us. It’s our first sunny day since we left hwy 36 – a good day to restart the journey. I’m nervous but it’s time to go. We meet…

Day 110 Miles: 0 Crescent City Another gray morning, a diner breakfast, sea lions on the pier – a bunch of blubbery comics flopping around on each other, only to slide into the water as sleek torpedoes. Dunes and lagoons are the plan for the day. A (thankfully) short drive and we’re out of the…

Day 109 Miles: 0 Crescent City To wake up inside, a window pane away from the damp and the gray, with no roads to face or miles to make – a luxurious morning. J and I join his parents looking out at the sea, and I sit back while other people make our plans for…