Drive #2 – Coos Bay Wagon Road Date Driven: 11/18/12 Length: 51 miles (14 miles of dirt) My drive time: 1 hour 45 minutes Start: N43º 05.598′ W123º 34.114′. End: N43º 18.075′ W124º 12.656′. GPS Track: GPX or KMZ format. (right click -> Save As) Source(s): Coos Bay Wagon Road is Drive #15 in Oregon […]

November 2012 brought us back to Oregon for our annual visit during Thanksgiving week. The trip was in many ways like previous years: visiting family, long drives on I-5, and plenty of genuine Oregon rain. We made stops at are usual places, including the Cornerstone Bakery & Cafe in Dunsmuir; Mad River Brewing, the Redwood […]

So there I was, relaxing at our campsite at Mountain Rendezvous 2012, chatting with Astrid of Overland Nomads. We were kicking back and talking about interesting places, or hotels, or the northern California area, or something to that effect. Or, more likely, all of the above and then some. Anyway, somehow I ended up mentioning […]

I awoke at o-dark-thirty, pushed myself up and forced my reluctant eyes to focus on the clock. The alarm would be going off in two minutes, lovely… So I dragged my rear out of bed, regretting that I had gone to sleep very late the previous night. Still, it’s always different when you’re getting up […]