Bandon

Oct 27.  We are camped at  Bullard state campground just north of Bandon.  It is raining as I am writing this from my sleeping bag.  Hope we get to break camp without the rain in the morning.  

The bicycle route from North Bend to Bandon really, really sucks.  The route does not follow 101 for this section, and I don’t know why.  Whoever is responsible for routing cyclists on Seven Devils Road should be beaten with a large stick.  The road has no shoulders the entire length, no scenery to speak of, unless you like to look at timber clear cuts and numerous illegal garbage dumps next to the road.  Plus it has numerous short, very steep grades, with tight corners, especially the first climb out of Charleston.  If I had known the nature of the road, I would have stayed on 101, no matter how heavy the traffic.  I guess the single saving grace of the Seven Devils Road is that traffic was light.  Ron.

P.S.  Morning came with broken blue skies and no rain in sight.  Got a late start on the road.  Very tired, probably only go a short distance today.