The route out of town took us by the Umpqua River Lighthouse.
We were as disappointed as these folks that we wouldn’t get to see gray whales.
Like yesterday, no coast on today’s ride, but again many, many trees.
This lovely map on the side of our road listed all the fun things we could look forward to in our upcoming towns.
Not long after this sign, we encountered a weigh station so we rode over the scales. Alissa+bike+gear weighed 150 lbs and Glen+bike+gear was 200.
We got a nice view of the Conde McCullough Memorial Bridge as we approached.
Our second guardian angel of the Northern Half ™ was Larry, who took us and our bikes safely across to North Bend.
Literally just a few feet on the other side of the bridge was Moe’s Bike Shop, where Mike Moe (son of the original owner) spruced up Glen’s bike.
Since we had the entire afternoon free, we decided to explore the Coos Bay area and wound up at the Oregon Coast Historical Railway Museum. The best part was that we were allowed inside all the cars on display.
In multiple parts of the town there were attractive artworks constructed entirely from garbage found in the ocean.
And, we discovered (too late) that today was another special, celebratory day.
