November on the Oregon Coast

I extended my stay in Seaside one day to be able to ride some different roads. I had anticipated rain and brought my rain bike as well as rain gear. As it ended up I didn't need either. :-)

I took off from Seaside just a bit before 7:30AM and rode the same road as yesterday, the Lewis and Clark Hwy to Astoria. Despite a forecast for rain there wasn't a cloud in the sky.


From there I got on Hwy 101 and headed south.

By the time I got to Tillamook I began to see a few clouds. I wasn't sure if it was because the clouds were moving in, or perhaps it had always been cloudy here. I was about 50 miles south of where I began this morning.



Once I got through Tillamook I turned onto the Three Capes Scenic Loop and skirted Tillamook Bay.



I had entertained the idea of riding to Pacific City for lunch at the Pelican Brew Pub but changed my mind when I remembered that with the time change today that darkness would arrive just a bit after 5pm. I turned off the Three Capes Scenic Loop after only one cape, Cape Meares, and just south of Oceanside.






From there I short cutted over to Hwy 101 and rode back northward. I arrived back in Seaside with 156 miles, and about 30 minutes after I had turned my lights on.

It was a nice day, temperature was in the 60's, no rain, no wind. Not like November on the Oregon Coast at all, but I'll take it!



.........road bike.......rollers.........mtb.....lifecycle.....total
Today.......156..............0.............0..........0.........156
Jan.........474..............0............21..........7.........502
Feb.........530..............0.............0..........0.........530
March.......502..............0.............0..........0.........502
April.......524..............0.............0..........0.........524
May........1003..............0.............0..........0........1003
June.......1016..............0............10..........0........1026
July.......1148..............0.............0..........0........1148
August.....1049..............0.............0..........0........1049
Sept.......1153..............0............50..........0........1213
Oct.........881..............0.............0.........20.........901
Nov.........274..............0.............0..........0.........274
YTD........8530..............0............87.........27........8644