Tag Archives: Oregon

Before I’d decided in which direc­tion this trip would be going I’d heard all about cycling the Cal­i­for­nia coast but noth­ing about the Ore­gon coast. Sev­eral peo­ple on my route south picked it out as a high­light of cycling in the United States. They were to be proved right. I reached the coast at Lin­coln City […]

A day-and-a-half along these two gen­er­ally for­get­table high­ways brought me to the Ore­gon coast – my first view of an ocean since dip­ping my toes in the Arc­tic Ocean almost three months before. Although the high­ways from Port­land to the coast were largely unevent­ful – with a brief cycle past a num­ber of vine­yards and the beautiful but […]

I saw more and more cyclists as I got closer to Port­land. Helped by big wide shoul­ders on the roads, clearly marked signs & the biggest signs I’d ever seen for a rec­om­mended bike route, it was clear to see what Port­land had gained its rep­u­ta­tion as America’s most-bike friendly city. This sign even marked the way to the […]

Route Map View Cycling Ore­gon, USA in a larger map Key By bike By plane By ferry By train By bus   The Ore­gon bud­get was not only strug­gling to go beyond a piece of wood and a tin of white paint for its ‘wel­come to the state’ sign, but also to come up with […]