The Oregon coast seems to have two types of weather: mist and cold wind, and sometimes the wind is strong enough that it blows over a mist. I woke up to heavy mist, and cycled through it for much of the morning. I crossed over Coos Bridge into North Bend and could only see 100 feet of the bridge Infront of me. I climbed up and over Seven Devils Road, through the partially timbered forests, and the mist finally broke on the other side.

I arrived into Bandon to a strong cold wind. Bandon is a port town with some really pretty beaches and rock formations in the sea, I thought it would be nice to sit with a view and eat lunch, instead I cowered behind a fence just to get out of the wind.

The afternoon was a long ride inland through mixed forest. Coos Bay is the last major town on the coast in Oregon so the traffic got a lot lighter on 101, and there was also construction that reduced the road to one lane, this had the effect of bunching all the cars up which was really nice. I arrived back at the coast at Port Orford, the first settled town on the Oregon coast, and my campsite is a few miles south. I am now only 57 miles from the California border. I’m not quite on the home stretch but I can almost smell my home state!