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.
I'm off!
I own the road this morning
...this road too
Once it warmed up it was a nice start along the Eel River
Is this redwood giving me the finger?
If I were to stop here, I'd come out, make a right turn and end up in Eureka
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
THEY KILLED KENNY!
Highway 1 here I come!
Leggitt Hill climb reminded me of Old Santa Cruz Highway
That's all you have for me at the summit?
Came up that hill to the right, out of the forest, and the coast opened up
...you feel it before you see it then...pow
Mendocino County likes their rock art
Here's mine: I call it "Rock on Rock on Rock on Big Rock"
MacKerricher State Park, Fort Bragg
More MacKerricher
I'm having the time of my life
Recognize the bike cleat footprints?
bike shop dude made a great call suggesting I go to Piaci for dinner
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