claire and david robb

Total cycled on this adventure = 1962.4 miles.. That's right everyone - We're home. We know it will be a massive shock to you all as it's happened so suddenly and we hadn't given any indication that this is what we'd planned as we hadn't really planned it.. There's a few reasons why we couldn't carry on. The main one is that we couldn't cycle on Highway 1 (the only road through Baja) any longer. Having looked at the route ahead, spoken to locals and researched the internet and books we knew the road wouldn't get any better, if anything, it gets worse with all of the construction going on (see photos). Our ride from Ensenada to San Vincente was horrendous. It's hard to explain how frightening it is when two 18 wheel juggernauts pass you ... read more

Here we are on the south side of L.A. sitting in a hotel in the surfers paradise of Huntington Beach. The last few days of cycling have been fantastic. From Santa Barbara - Malibu was a great ride and this mornings ride was what we've been waiting for since we started. Bright blue skies, sun shining, cycling along the boardwalks of Malibu, Venice, Hermosa and Redondo Beaches.. Fantastic.. It was typically stereo typical! Rollerbladers, joggers, skaters, fitness instructors, big boobs, big hair, big lips!! We stayed in a fantastic campsite last night (Thursday 7th) on a hillside overlooking L.A. and the Pacific Ocean. We woke up at 6am and started the routine of getting packed up of which I'll discuss later. We wanted to make an early start as we'd been warned about the rush hour ... read more

Sunday 26th September 2010. San Francisco, San Francisco, so cool we named it twice..... What a city. We're loving our time here. The weather's been hot and sunny which always helps and our hotel room is fantastic. We didn't have anything booked when we arrived in the city on Friday afternoon so once we'd cycled over the Golden Gate Bridge we found a cafe off the beaten track and checked out hotels on the net. I'd already done some research a few days earlier in Gualala and had my eye on a few hotels. When I checked the prices on Friday my prefered choice was offering 20% off for a 3 or 4 night stay. It was too good to miss so we booked it online. By sheer coincidence we were only about 1.5 miles away ... read more

Thursday 16th September - Eureka - Humbolt County Border = 90 miles. Our longest ride ever. We couldn't quite make 100 miles, infact we couldn't make another 100 yards. Wow. The Avenue of the Giants is amazing. The photos don't do it justice. We cycled over 30 miles through Redwoods and Sequioa trees and even though we were on the edge of the freeway we could have been in a Jurassic land. The best way to appreciate them is to take your time and cycle through. It took over 3 hours and was the best riding so far. The past two days have been the best cycling of the trip. We cycled through Eureka which had some really nice Victorian buildings. Then it was 30 miles of freeway cycling, 30 miles Avenue of Giants and then ... read more

Total cycled to date = 646 miles Day 10 Cannon Beach - Nehalem = 17 miles (rest day) Day 11 Nehalem - Cape Lookout (south of Tillamook) = 50 miles Day 12 Cape Lookout - South Beach, Newport = 75 miles Day 13 Newport - Jessie Honeyman State Park (south of Florence)= 55 miles Day 14 Honeyman - Sunset Bay (south of Charleston)= 65 miles Day 14 Sunset - Arizona Beach RV Park (south of Port Orford) = 65 miles Day 15 Arizona Beach - Brookings = 50 miles Day 16 Rest day in Brookings (Monday 13th September) We've decided to take a proper rest day today and catch up with things. The past week has been quite testing. If we had to sum up the ride through Oregon in two words we'd say 'heavy traffic'. ... read more