Bike tour/Summer 2019

This page is for planning our ride back to Seattle.

Options

Confirmed(?)

• We leave Palo Alto on 6/22 (Sat).
• We leave Ose's on 6/29 (Sat).

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 2 (Applegate to Bend/near Bend)
• Option 4) 6/29-7/1 (3 days)
• Option 5) 6/29-7/2 (4 days)

• 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

Itinerary

Day 0: June 22nd

• [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
  • [TODO] Reserve room

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:

• [Bike] Davis → Woodland, CA [~12mi]
• Stay in Woodland in hotel/model [Several options]

Note

• Bagby Campground is first come, first served. 19 sites. It is in the National Forest.

Preparation

General:

• [TODO] get Mika's bib short's adjusted at the tailor
• [TODO] send package of food to Alex and Malu's house

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
  • 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:

• [TODO] change the front tire on Mika's bike
• [TODO] change the water bottle holder on Mika's bike
• [TODO] change the brake pads on Mika's bike

Work on Mako's bike:

• [TODO] true wheels on Mako's bike