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Stage 2013/12 [A012] | ||
| Ophir - Gold Beach - Fort Dick - Crescent City | |||
| 66 mi / 107 km | |||
| 823 m (garmin etrex) | |||
| Cycling from Ophir to Crescent City. Pacific coast Vancouver - San Francisco on a bicycle |
Cycling from Vancouver to San Francisco following the Pacific Coastline.Stage from Ophir to Crescent City following California´s Pacific Coastline southbound.One of the most epic cycling tours of the world. |
 Today, the weather is peaceable. The rain is forgotten; instead there is blue sky and local fog. We cycle across the Paterson Bridge to Gold Beach to look for a breakfast stop. The bridge is an almost 600 m long arch bridge from steel concrete opened in 1932 and designed by Conde McCullough. |
 Today, our route leads us again directly along the sea. |
 Just a few kilometers after our breakfast we have to overcome a rise of 200 meters in altitude with a gradient of up to 5 %. |
 At the steepest place, someone has left some encouragement: Hills are Fun! |
 After the rise, there is the descent: Behind the last curve, there is a spectacular view of the rocky coast of Oregon. |
 As we continue, Highway 101 snakes along the coast. |
 Photo stop: Hunters Cove with Hunters Island in the background. |
 Today we are lucky with the weather: The coast has good weather, . . . |
 . . . while the fog banks got caught on the Pacific today. Better like this than the other way around. |
 Between Pistol River and Brookings, the terrain remains hilly. The better the view of the rocky coast. Sometimes with fog, . . . |
 . . . sometimes without any fog in the background. |
 Group picture with sheriff. |
 Well, I’ve done that for a longer time. |
 South of the Winchuck River, we enter California. |
 California surprises us with an advancement of the cyclist-button at bridges and tunnels, as we know it from Oregon: A detector automatically recognizes the crossing of a bike and turns on a warning lamp on the (rather small) bridge. |