Today I decided to cycle down to the last Oregon State Park before the California border. The ride was entirely along the coast, and the last section was through a State Scenic Corridor, and it really was. The coastside doesn’t seem to slide as much as Big Sur in California, but there’s still a lot of signs of erosion, the road surface is cracked and repaired in many places.

I mostly rode above the coastline, it was cliffy with many many rocks jutting out of the sea, where they form habitats for birds, and camera fodder for the tourists. The cars today were mostly tourists, this section of 101 is fairly remote and today is Saturday. I also cycled over the tallest bridge in Oregon, over 300 feet above the river it crosses.

Tomorrow I’ll cross into California and I should start to see coastal redwoods. In California I’ll go in and out from the coast, the northern California coast is too rugged to build a continuous roadway (and they only barely manage to maintain the one in central California!).