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Day 15: Benbow, CA to Fort Bragg, CA

9/18/2013

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I'll spend 2/3 of Day 15 working my way back to the coast and it promises to be a  grind.  At 4,186', this will be the most climbing I do with panniers, and at 1,990', Leggitt Hill is the highest point on the Pacific coast Bike Route. After that 3.5-mile climb, the descent should be awesome, though another climb will follow.  There are no towns after Leggitt until Westport (pop. 60) at mile 50. From there it's 17 flat miles to Fort Bragg, gateway to the Mendocino Coast. 
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I'm off!
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I own the road this morning
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...this road too
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Once it warmed up it was a nice start along the Eel River
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Is this redwood giving me the finger?
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If I were to stop here, I'd come out, make a right turn and end up in Eureka
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Cycling day campers I met on Mad River Bridge outside Eureka said I should stop here for a breakfast - that was a good call because there was nowhere to stop for lunch today
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THEY KILLED KENNY!
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Highway 1 here I come!
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Leggitt Hill climb reminded me of Old Santa Cruz Highway
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That's all you have for me at the summit, a turnout?
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Came up that hill to the right, out of the forest, and the coast opened up
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...you feel it before you see it then...pow
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Mendocino County likes their rock art
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Here's mine: I call it "Rock on Rock on Rock on Big Rock"
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MacKerricher State Park, Fort Bragg
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More MacKerricher
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I'm having the time of my life
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Recognize the bike cleat footprints?
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bike shop dude made a great call suggesting I go to Piaci for dinner
2 Comments
Laura Rosseisen
9/18/2013 12:54:53 am

Don't be throwing crap overboard on the hills - you might hit a seagull or something!! Just keep eating... and pedaling. You're doing awesome!

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Kelley
9/18/2013 12:44:31 pm

Looks like Heaven! So glad you're still in the saddle! But we'll be happy to see you Saturday!

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    Jeff Fredericks

    On August 14, 2013, I'm flying to Vancouver, British Columbia and beginning a 29-day, 1,880-mile bike ride from Canada to Mexico.

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