The Golden Gate

Here we are after riding our bike across the Golden Gate Bridge. Our trip across the United States has been great but we are also looking forward to returning home to Cape Cod and seeing friends and family during the holidays.

The City by the Bay

As you can see we've made it to downtown San Francisco. The weather has been absolutely gorgeous and we've been able to do all of the touristy things you do in this beautiful city - riding the cable cars, visiting Fishermen's Wharf, hanging out in Haight/Ashbury.

We are staying with friends in Tiburon and riding the ferry across the Bay to the city daily. We cannot say enough about the hospitality and generosity of Bill and Liddy S. They have opened their home to us which allowed us the time to consider what's next for our adventure.

Because of the fires in Southern California and the shorter riding days, we had to face the difficult decision of when should we conclude our ride for this season. After much soul searching, we thought it was best to end this portion of our bike trip in San Francisco. It has been quite a journey with 4700 miles under our wheels. We look forward to continuing our American odyssey sometime in late February or early March of next year.

Although we have stopped riding for now, it is not yet time to return to the east coast. We do plan to visit some National Parks before we return to our home on Cape Cod for the holiday season.

Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and encouragement as we made our way across America at ten miles per hour.

San Francisco

We got to the outskirts of San Francisco today and got our first view of the skyline, harbor and Golden Gate bridge. We are staying with friends of friends in Tiburon.

Majestic Redwoods

Road thru Redwood NP today after a wonderful stay at the Park's hostel. It truly is the forest primeval. Unfortunately the rainy, damp weather persists.

More Oregon Coast

US 101 south of Port Orford OR. The sun finally came out after 11AM giving us a lovely afternoon ride along the coast. Tomorrow California.

Pacific Ocean

A view of the Pacific Ocean from Oregon Dunes National Rec. Area south of Florence OR.

The West Coast

Here's a sign you don't see on the East Coast although we do have our hurricane evacuation routes. We all know how well those work on olde Cape Cod with only two bridges leading off-Cape. People here feel the same way about the Tsunami evacuation route.

Old Town Florence OR sits along the banks of the Siuslaw River which empties into the Pacific. Huge sand dunes have built up on the shore. The town reminds us of the town in the book Snow Falling on Cedars. The mountains and the pines come right down to the shoreline.

We Made It!

Today (Oct. 2nd) we reached the Pacific Ocean at Florence Oregon at 4 PM PDT. It has been 86 riding days and 4058 miles since we left New Hampshire on June 11th. Next stop San Diego.