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Danneaux:
Hi All!

I (Dan) will be "away" for as much as 17 days while a stoker and I take a tandem tour through the logging, Forest Service, BLM and unmarked timber sale logging roads of Oregon's Coast Range. First destination out of the woods will be my family's little cabin on the Oregon Coast, then down the Coast a considerable distance and in once again to make our way home through the Coast Range again on rough tracks.

We'll have one of my cargo-box trailers and a full set of panniers so we can carry our needed food and water, as there are no stores in the area. Always a challenge to fit two people's stuff on one bike.

I will monitor the Forum as I go, but I may be offline for as much as a couple days as I traverse the mountains where there is no cell coverage and several null areas along the coast as well. I'll have my smartphones with me and will check-in regularly. If Admin work is needed, I may be more utilitarian than usual given the circumstances (i.e. standing astride the tandem roadside as wind-driven rain buckets down -- it is in the forecast).

My stoker is inexperienced at cycle-camping, so we may need to cut the trip short. It is supposed to be fun and not a Death March. Terrain is rugged and one pass is rated at more than 21% on ballast, so I will likely be pushing the train then instead of riding it.

Be good, play nice (as usual) and don't put beans up your noses (it happened once to a fellow I knew...jammed 'em up there as a kid when home alone and forgot about them till they sprouted when he was in his 40s. Lost his hearing as a result. Moral of the story is Be Good or it will come back to haunt you ;) ).

All the best,

Dan.

Danneaux
Thorn Cycling Forum Administrator

Matt2matt2002:
Safe cycling, Dan.
Let's see some snaps if those 21%ers..
😊

Danneaux:

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Thanks for the kind wishes, Matt.

Attached below is a photo of one we'll be climbing, taken the last time I did so on the Nomad...

All the best,

Dan.

Neil Jones:
Hope both stoker and yourself have a fantastic tour and the weather stays fair for the duration of your trip.

Best,
Neil

Danneaux:
Many thanks, Neil.

We're all packed this evening (my time here in Oregon USA) and will be hitting the road tomorrow.

Always exciting to start a tour, and this is a favorite one I have done many times with variations, riding with my father and by myself. I is always nice to introduce others cycle-camping these areas, a nice mix of forest and coastline with beautiful vistas, pleasant solitude, and animals. We should see deer, elk, possibly bear and maybe mountain lions; I've seen two of those on previous trips, way down in the valleys as I rode the ridge-tops.

All the best,

Dan.

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