Derek and I still have a lot of exploring to do around Rockaway Beach and for this ride we did a reverse route of one we rode previously, and added on a new section. I think I liked this direction better. Our ride was just about 12 miles with 1,619′ of climbing so not overly …
Derek and I made the short drive out to Tillamook State Forest for this mountain bike ride. What I’m calling Wolf Creek loop is part singletrack, part gravel road. This is one ride I wouldn’t recommend and won’t do again. It was just too much steep climbing. Wilson River Trail is a great singletrack that …
We’re about half an hour south of Cannon Beach, Oregon which is famous for Haystack Rock. Three years ago we passed through on our way up to the Olympic Peninsula for the summer but other than that we have not spent any time in Cannon Beach. The other day we put together a mostly gravel …
Well, here is another beautiful gravel ride along yet another river in a thick lush forest. This time we drove the short distance to Tillamook to ride what started as an out and back to “Lake Tahoe”, but turned into a lollipop type ride. On Google Maps when I zoomed waaaay in I could see …
The Oregon coast has a prolific network of logging roads. A lot of them are timber company owned and gated, however they are open to cyclists and people on foot. Perfect! We did some exploring and patched together a great loop through the back neighborhood roads of Rockaway Beach and then up into the mountains …
Within the city limits of Rockaway Beach is an ancient cedar bog. In the middle of the residential section of town is a 1.2 mile walk along an elevated boardwalk. The walk goes through an ancient cedar bog that contains some extremely large and old western red cedars and Sitka spruce, among other vegetation. At …
The weather this fall on the Oregon coast is amazing! We took advantage of another nice day and rode a gravel loop out on the edge of Clatsop County. Starting from the fish hatchery in North Fork Nehalem Park, we crossed the highway and started the climb. I love all these gravel logging roads along …
Bayocean was a planned coastal resort town on the Tillamook Bay sand spit in Oregon, famously known as the “Atlantic City of the West.” It completely vanished into the Pacific Ocean due to man-made erosion. 19-year-old Thomas Irving Potter was vacationing at Tillamook Bay. The story goes that he shot a goose while target practicing …
Nehalem, Oregon is another small community up the coast from Rockaway Beach. This little corner is on the gorgeous Nehalem River. The river is 118 miles long with the headwaters way up in Tillamook forest and ending at the Pacific Ocean. There is a great gravel ride along the Nehalem River that goes forever. On …
There are a lot of little communities along this section of coast and we’re visiting them all! Manzanita, Oregon is a little resort town just north of Rockaway Beach. At least two of Oregon’s historical shipwrecks occurred off the Manzanita coast: the Glenesslin in 1913, and the Santo Cristo de Burgos (disappeared 1693) which has …