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August Vacation 2009

Tour De Fat. Our objective for this vacation was to attend the Tour De Fat in Portland, Oregon and to drive down the Oregon coast. On our way to Portland we spent nights in Rawlins, Wy and Baker City, OR.
Video of Tour De Fat…

Astoria, Oregon. The day after the Tour De Fat we drove over to Astoria, Oregon where we rode the Astoria Riverwalk along the Columbia river. Video…

Ate dinner in Astoria at the Wet Dog. Before leaving Astoria we went and checked out the house from the movie Goonies and then down the road to a beach location they also filmed at. View from our room and Goonies filming locations…

Down the coast. After a night in Astoria we headed South down the Oregon coast driving 2 days spending a night in Florence. We ate at Mos in Florence and the Crazy Norwegian in Bradon. Photos from along the coast…




View a photo of the sunken boat above that I took 7 years ago here.

Crescent City, Califonia. We spent our last night on the coast before heading home in Crescent City, Califonia. We took an evening ride in the fog along the ocean. Video…


Avenue Of The Giants.
Having been there once before we couldn’t resist seeing them again so on our way home we drove through the Avenue Of The Giants.


Bonneville Salt Flats.
Also stopped by the Bonneville Salt Flats International Speedway to attempt a speed record.
Video …

Coming home from California we spent nights in Fernley, NV and Rock Springs, WY.

Home. Arrived at home. Top right of Garmin screen shot below is total miles traveled.

2008 Fall Vacation Days 5 & 6

Day 5 (Thursday) we started out riding around Ocean Beach and then rode over the San Diego River, then over the bay to Mission Beach where we rode around some more and then back to Ocean Beach. Got quite a bit of riding in. In Ocean Beach we shopped around at some antique stores where I found a few old bicycle ads. We ate at a Greek Restaurant which was a nice change from all the Mexican food we’d been eating.

Thursday evening we went back to the old San Diego historic area where we ate Italian at Pizza Bella. After dinner we drove down to the the Maritime Museum and where the cruise ships dock.

Today (day 6) we left San Diego and drove up the coast on 101. Stopped to watch some Dolphins along the way. Just shy of LA we turned and headed East to go to Tempe, AZ. We’ve now driven almost all of the California coast except through LA. Somewhere in AZ we stopped for lunch and at an antique shop where I bought a Mickey Mouse phone.

Tonight somewhere around Phoenix we ate In N Out burgers in a WalMart parking lot. I’ve always heard these burgers were good and they are. We’re staying tonight and tomorrow night in Scottsdale. Tomorrow we’ll be attending the Tour De Fat in Tempe!

Below is a video from Thursday’s ride.

South East Trip

We took a trip South East to ride rails-to-trails in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. When we finished the rides we drove to the East coast of Florida.