Talk:Bike tour/Sep 2020

Plan B

Route

route plan <- we need to modify to make sure we take smaller roads whenever it makes sense to do so.

Schedule

Sat

Home -> abandoned campground near Brown Creek Campground 75 mi, 2500 ft

• Seattle to Fauntleroy (14.4 mi via Alki Beach trail)
• Ferry (Faunteleroy to Southworth): 8:15AM or 9:55AM. Takes 40 minutes.
• Southworth to Brown Creek Campground: 60 mi, 2150 ft

Note: Brown Creek Campground's last day of the season is 9/20.

• Breakfast: home
• Lunch: bring/pick up
• Dinner: camp food

Sun

Brown Creek Campground -> Coho Campground (50 miles/2200ft): an option to stay in a yurt at the campground. Another option is to go all the way to Willaby Campground (~83 miles/3300ft).

Note: We could check out Vance Creek Bridge...bring locks and lock the bikes at the trailhead?

• Breakfast: camp food
• Lunch: bring from home? (won't really pass any towns? could stop Matlock General Store)
• Dinner: camp food

Mon

Coho Campground -> South Beach Campground (68 miles/1700ft): South Beach and Kalaloch Campground are both on the water but they are popular. SB is walk-ins only and Kalaloch takes reservations but all are filled? Not clear from the website what happens after the peak season (Sep 16) but nothing is reservable until next year. Call Kalaloch to see if it's now all walk-ins, the campground is closed for the season, or all sites are taken.

There seems to be a commercial campsite/lodge there too? Kalaloch Lodge [TODO]: call the gov to confirm whether their campsites are closed/walk-ins only now. If the gov campsites are closed, let's reserve a group site at this lodge?

If nothing is available at South Beach or Kalaloch when we get there, we'd need to bike 22 more miles to Cottonwood Campground. Around there, there are a few campsites and they should be FCFS but check. These sites are not on the water.

The next beach campsite is Mora Campground, which is also reservable but maybe the peak season is over and the campground is closed?

• Breakfast: camp food
• Lunch: pick up at Northshore Grocery?
• Dinner: camp food

Tue

Kalalock or South Beach or Cottonwood or Mora to Sol Doc Resort/Campground (70 miles/2800ft; all climbing at the end): Sol Duc Campground is available for reservation here. MM need wifi on Wed AM, so they will probably stay at the resort.

• Breakfast: camp food
• Lunch: pick up in Forks?
• Dinner: camp food or meal at the resort

Wed

(MM meetings in AM); Might rain a bit.

Sol Duc to Heart O' Hill Campground (47 miles/2800ft) OR Dungeness Campground(65 miles/1700ft) OR Airbnb just outside of Port Angeles

{{todo]}: check availability/water etc.

• Breakfast: at the resort
• Lunch: pick up at Granney's cafe or Port Angeles?
• Dinner: camp food

Thu

Heart O' Hill to Dungeness Campground (short day)? M needs wifi on Friday AM, so she may stay at an airbnb or motel near Dungeness.

(AM: bike up to Hurricane Ridge?); Might rain a bit.

• Breakfast: camp food
• Lunch: pick up somewhere
• Dinner: camp food

Fri

(M has a meeting from 12-2PM (and ideally 10:30-11:30AM also).) Dungeness to Leland Lake? No water at Leland Lake. Not many great options that are bikable in 3-4 hours from Dungeness? Resort at Port Ludlow, Hood Canal Grand Cottages...

• Breakfast: camp food/Sequim?
• Lunch: pick up somewhere
• Dinner: camp food

Sat

Home! (Brainbridge ferry)

• Breakfast: campfood