Beautiful ride today along the coast. Fortunately, the weather was much better than the previous three days.

Started out early and didn’t take me long to notice that the chain made scraping noises. So stopped and added some lube which helped things. After that cycled back to 101 and then across the bridge into Waldport. The route from here to Yachats had good views of the sea and many vacation homes and some resorts. In contrast to yesterday, saw more of them with “no vacancy” signs. Yachats was a small vacation town and not much business open when I cycled through.

After town the route climbed some and picture above was taken. I also encountered my second tunnel. This one also had a bike button that you pressed and caused flashing yellow lights on both sides of the tunnel.

After the tunnel, climbed some more and had good views of the lighthouse looking back along the shore.

After that some turnoffs to Seal Cove. This next stretch of coast had fewer vacation homes and was excellent for views from above along the coast. At about 26 miles, descended and it became flatter. There were now also dunes between the road and sea and fewer ocean views. The town of Florence started early and was spread out. Stopped here for a later breakfast at 35 miles. It also started getting busier here. Florence and south seemed to be big area for renting ATVs to go riding around the dunes and saw many cars with ATVs on them and also places to rent.

After this climbed a bit more and then descended down into a bay where first came through Gardiner and then Reedsport at 58 miles. By now I was ready for lunch for real. From Reedsport it was inland to Winchester Bay and then a good climb up and then down via Lakeside. This next section was again through the woods and was busier on the road.

By 78 miles I could start to see the large bridge into North Bend. It also had a push button that would light up the flashing lights. It was a bit slow climbing first and then descending on other end of the bridge. Despite there being a lot of traffic, most all was patient and careful in passing. On reaching the other end, saw a pair of cyclists heading the other direction. That makes four groups I’ve seen heading north. Haven’t seen any heading my direction yet but it is also harder to pass.

Town of North Bend was busy but made my way through grid of streets and a ways towards Charleston. Here had made motel reservations and hence good place to stay. Overall, no rain today and while the wind came from south, didn’t notice it most of the time.
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