After leaving the redwoods, you'll enjoy scenic riding along the Pacific Ocean, where the route climbs and descends along the coastal headlands.īiking over the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco is a real treat, and the route stays on the western edge of the city. The redwoods are a big tourist area, so you'll have the opportunity to bike through trees that most people drive their cars through. A herd of elk live near Orick and are usually easy to spot. Soon after passing through Crescent City, you will be biking through awe-inspiring redwood country on roads shaded by trees reaching high into the sky. Take advantage and go jump into the Pacific on a whim or watch a beautiful sunset. But this is California, land of sun and fun (especially along the southern portion of the route). There are bike paths in some of the large cities the route goes through, and you'll need all your defensive urban cycling skills to contend with the heavy traffic. The curvy, winding roads along the coast are shared with cars, recreational vehicles, farm trucks, and logging trucks, so extra caution is needed by cyclists. You'll encounter massive redwoods, breathtaking coastline vistas, acres and acres of vegetable farms, fruit orchards, and many busy urban areas. The California coast is tremendously diverse. Small towns are abundant and cater to the tourists who invade the coast from spring to fall. Innumerable parks dot the coast and invite one to stop, and take hikes down to the water for tide pool viewing. The route stays along the shoreline and headlands, passing mile after mile of spectacular scenery including lighthouses, craggy coastal pines, and rock formations in the water. Leaving Astoria, you'll begin a magnificent ride down the coast. Helens Visitor Center, which tells the tale of the volcano's eruption in 1980.Ī short ferry ride crosses the Columbia River into Oregon. At Castle Rock, a five-mile side trip leads to the Mount St. You'll then head into logging country and see forest plantations in various stages of development: recently clear-cut, newly planted, middle-aged, or ready to be harvested. In Bremerton, if you're interested, you can take a ferry to downtown Seattle and its attractions.
THE PEDESTRIAN TROPHY GUIDE SERIES
The route then winds southward through a series of small towns on the eastern side of the Olympic Peninsula. There's a ferry ride over to Port Townsend, which is back on the mainland. Naval Reservation, and the loud noise of test jets flying overhead can be heard. After crossing Deception Pass, the route is on Whidbey Island, where there is a large U.S. Farmlands appear before crossing the border at Blaine into the United States, and you'll continue through more rural countryside in Washington. The route begins in Vancouver, British Columbia and heads south through the suburbs of this large city. Highway 101 and State Highway 1 along the coast, so cyclists must ride cautiously and defensively. During the peak tourist season, there is heavy recreational vehicle traffic along U.S. Take the time to watch as one by one they dive off their rocks in search of their daily meal of fish from the ocean. Along the Pacific Coast Route, you'll get to see marine wildlife such as sea lions, and as you pass you can hear them barking.
0 kommentar(er)
