Pacific Coast Solo

[shootingstar]

My partner did cycle south to the California-Oregon border and back north to Vancouver. It was part of his solo Montreal to Vancouver (in through parts of northern U.S.) to Californian border trip. (whole mammoth trip was 9,000+ kms.)

http://cycling-touring.thecyclistweb...uver/Index.htm click on the green route sections to get linked to descriptions of that trip segment. Each day, he notes the mileage he did and date.

He felt that you should be prepared to camp in certain areas along the middle part of Washington state coastline and onward. Further inland in Washington when he went northward to home, it was not a problem. He found less cyclists in Washington state on the same highway/roads where he was riding. Oregon he saw other cyclists.

Rather than worrying about seeing other cyclists, is more important to ensure you train yourself prior to the ride, so that you can do consecutive days of cycling at 100 kms. each day or so with very few rest days. (unless you have lots of time and money to be on the road...)

One has a general idea in advance what type of facilities may exist ...or not exist..which means bringing some food..for just in case situations.

He did carry a cell phone but used very little of it. It was intended for 911 emergencies only. Instead he phoned me from hotel /motel (if he was staying at one), skyping or emailing me. After all, he also was pulling along his laptop..this whole big trip . He usually does for any bike trip out of town that he does.

There was a point he was emailing from his laptop and skyping from a campsite laundry rm.

Really, I was just happy to chat by phone. But he loves his laptop on the road. Allowed him to download thousands of digital photos on laptop...


And this form of communication will happen again, when he'll be cycling solo in Europe next month for 3 wks. Interesting to see if he gets charged alot or not, for hotel Internet connection in certain areas.