Bike tour/Summer 2019

This page is for planning our ride back to Seattle.

Options

Confirmed(?)

TBD

Section 1 (Davis to Applegate)
Option 1) 6/22-27 (5.25 days)
Option 2) 6/23-27 (5 days); arrive at Ose's on 6/22 and spend a whole day on 6/23.

Section 3 (Bend/near Bend)
Option 6) TBD departure date; 3 days from Bend to Portland via Warm Spring Reservation and Bagby
Option 7) TBD departure date: 3 days from Sisters (outside of Bend) to Portland via Breitenbush and Bagby
Option 8) TBD departure date: 4 days from Bend to Portland via Belknap, Breitenbush, and Bagby

[Bike] home → San Jose Diridon [~17mi]
[Train] Amtrak SJC → Davis [To Be Decided]
- Trains leaving SJC at: 8:15AM, 10:10AM, 1:05PM (trip time: ~2.5 hours)
- [TODO] buy Amtrak ticket
Visit UC Davis
[Bike] Davis → Dunnigan (~28mi)
[Stay] Motel 6 Dunnigan (reservation: [TODO])

Meals:

Breakfast in Davis: Konditorei Austrian Pastry (Davis); Cafe Bernando
Dinner in Dunnigan: Taqueria La Michoacana (open 8am-6pm on weekends only); only other options are fast food and a 24h Denny's

Backup Options:

Meals:

Breakfast in Dunningan (Denny's?)
Lunch: (a) best bet will be El Cazador in Princeton (~40mi); there are a bunch of options in Colusa (~27mi); several supermarket options along the way
Dinner: Los Costeños if we stay on Solano; Amigos De Acupulco if we stay south near the Holidy Inn

Alternate options have us stop in Orland and come up parallel to I5. This is a very different route but might be a little shorter:

[Stay] Orland Inn or Orland Motel or The Parkway RV Resort & Campground (a bit out of the way; $35 for tent sites)
Lunch: A bunch of choices in Williams (42 miles to Orland); Mimi's Taco in Maxwell (33 miles to Orland; no restaurant after this until Willows) or a bunch of choices in Willows (16 miles to Orland)
Dinner in Orland: El Vaquero (11am-10pm; right next to Orland Inn); Taqueria Don Sammy (9am-9pm); La Corona Mexican Restaurant (7am-9pm)

[Bike] Corning to Manton/Shingletown. [~70 miles; 4442 ft; from Manton to KOA is steep; ~2100ft in 12 miles]
[Stay] Mt. Lassen / Shingletown KOA (reservations are required [TODO])

Meals:

Breakfast: McBrayer's Hometown Cafe (opens 5-7am); alternative if we want to get an early start, there are many options in Red Bluff (20mi)
Lunch: we can pick up something at the Olive Pit in Corning (opens at 7am) in Corning; several options in Red Bluff including Bud's Jolly Kone veggie burgers and several burrito options
Dinner: Pioneer Hillside Pizza is open until 9pm and 4.4mi from campground and there is an alternate path via Emigrant Trail that avoids the main road; alternative is camp/cooking at the KOA

Alternate housing:

[Bike] Shingletown to Algoma (82mi)
[Stop] Subway Lava Tubes (these seem to be right near the road; 27.5mi from KOA) [Maybe?]
[Stop] Burney Falls Waterfall [54.6mi]
[Stay] Algoma Campground

Algoma Campground has no reservations, a vault toilet, and no water (but the appears to be a river so we can make it).

Meals:

Breakfast: Cook at KOA
Lunch: Snacks at Burney Falls including stuff we get at the general store which has "basic grocery items"
Dinner: Bartle Lodge (3.3mi from Algoma; open 7am-8pm)

[Bike] Algoma Campground to Yreka, CA
- Option 1: North of Mt. Shasta (~63mi, much of it unpaved but hardpack)
- Option 2: South of Mt. Shasta along I-5 Corridor (65mi, all paved)
[Stop] Pluto's Cafe (only option 1) looks kinda cool! A short walk from the road.
[Stay] Super 8 Yyreka (needs reservation [TODO])

Meals:

Breakfast: camping or back at Bartle (adds 7mi)
Lunch: If we go north of Shasta (mostly unpaved), food will be on the road; if we go along the I-5 corridor, best options might involve going into Weed
Dinner: Etna Brewery & Taphouse (closes at 8pm, very little is open past 9pm)

Bagby Campground is first come, first served, so we may want to get there early. 19 sites. There is another campground 5 miles from this (Kingfisher), which can be reserved.

General:

Shopping:

order freeze dried food for trip
- [DONE] dried vegetables from North Bay Trading (ordered 2019-06-02)
- [DONE] freeze dried tofu from eVitamins.com (ordered 2019-06-02)
[TODO] shopping trip to REI
- 2-3 lightweight summer wool socks for Mako
- [DONE] short sleeve merino wool t-shirt
[DONE] order sleeping bag and ground cloth
[DONE] order new sleeping pads
[DONE] wool cycling jersey for Mika (ordered 2019-06-02)

Work on Mika's bike:

Work on Mako's bike: