I woke up to dew on the tent, the clouds were hanging low on the Oregon coast again. I got an early start and continued on down the coastal trail.

The early morning ride took me past a couple more beaches, but the fog was so thick I couldn’t see many of them. The air was cool and the riding was pleasant. The coastal trail rejoined 101, and then finally left 101 for the last time, taking the Old Scenic Highway 101. This was a really pleasant ride through the forest on a road with basically no cars. I’ve finally left the coast for the last time.

The end of Old Scenic Highway 101 dropped me out to the Salmon River Highway, and the mist rapidly burned off revealing the sun.

The rest of the day was riding on fairly busy roads, with the temperature increasing, and the forest giving way to farmland and rural Oregon.

There were no particularly steep climbs today, just some rolling hills and a couple of longer inclines. The longest climb was through the forest along Old Highway 101, which was really pleasant.

The afternoon sun got pretty intense, but the downhills gave me a chance to cool off the sweat I’d built up on the uphills. This evening I rolled into a city biker campground in Riverside Park, which as you might guess, is beside the river.

The first two nights I’ve shared the hiker/biker campgrounds with 1 other person each night, both times they were hikers doing the Oregon Coast Trail. Tonight I finally met some other bikers at the campsite, a group of locals doing an overnight shakedown, they are also backpackers looking to get into touring. I have yet to meet anyone else doing the Trans America, although the hiker the first night told me that there was a person the previous night, so maybe I’ll catch up to them, or someone else!

Depending how today’s riding goes I may have time to go into Eugene this afternoon, and after Eugene I’ll be heading into the Cascades mountain range, which I’m looking to.