Oregon Ride 2004 Preliminary Plan – August 18-28, 2004

Basically two variants on the course (the two maps above) – I’ll play with more but what I am trying to do is get the route to swing close enough to “major” cities near weekends that someone could join me for 3-4 days easily and start and finish in the same town, with my moving the course only a little. Right now the loop is planned so that each day is about 70 miles and has a fairly easy way to knock off about 15-20 miles, if someone is feeling toasted. The basic loop is:

Tuesday August 17^th, catch the Amtrak in the evening to Salem or to Portland.

Wednesday 18^th, ride to coast on highway – 80 mile day.

Thursday 19^th, ride on 101 with detours into hills – 80 miles with dirt detours, 60 miles without. Camp in Florence.

Friday 20^th, ride on 101 to just before Reedsport before riding up the Smith River valley toward Eugene – 65 miles (if someone is going to join up on Saturday in Eugene then I’d up my mileage to get closer to Eugene).

Saturday 21^st 55 miles to Eugene – about 10 miles of dirt road.

Sunday 22^nd – 80 miles out by Westfir and and up Osterhyde about 6 miles of dirt.

Monday 23^rd – 25 miles to Blue Lake or 65 miles to Eugene

Tuesday 24^th 50 miles with real big hill and about 15 miles dirt/gravel to camp past Sweet Home or if coming back from Eugene, then about 65 miles mostly on pavement (2-3 miles on hardpack).

Wednesday 25^th – 60 miles about ½ dirt.

Thursday 26^th 45 miles about 5 dirt to Detroit and probably Breitenbush.

Friday 27^th 50 miles to Stayton

Saturday 28^th 50 miles to Salem and Amtrak home or continue to Portland and go home on Sunday.

If you’re interested in joining me on this trip send me an e-mail saul@isomedia.com or phone 425.402.3426