• Start: Sunset Bay State Park, Charleston
• Finish: Cape Blanco State Park, Oregon
• Distance: 85k
• Elevation: 878 meters

It was a very good day today. A wee bit chilly, but a very nice day. From our campsite at Sunset Bay we backtracked a few kilometers back the Seven Devils Road. Once we were on Seven Devils we discovered where the name came from – seven peaks. The seven peaks weren’t actually all that devilish. Quite nice actually as we went inland into the hills.

After Seven Devils we had a short stent on 101 and then into Bandon. Bandon is a very nice little town. We found a very good coffee shop and some of the ladies spent time in the local bike shop as well. I particularly liked the Bandon Harbour and the lighthouse out on the breakwater.

After Bandon there was only 20k to our lunch stop, but it was a very pleasant section. I got a very nice shot of David and Ellie climbing the hill out of Bandon.

We saw several nice carving shops along this section. David was very much taken with the one of Sasquatch.

After lunch we headed south for a bit longer than headed straight west (into a headwind) out Cape Blanco. According to Bruce, Cape Blanco is the westernmost point in the continental United States.

After a bit of confusion we finally found our campsite. And a very nice campsite it is. We have the entire group site to ourselve. Which is probably good since I think we tend to annoy the RV people. We’re getting the camp routine down to a fine art now. Young David and his assistant Diane cooked us a very nice steak dinner. Below is a shot I took of the clean-up crew in action as the made quick work of the dishes (while I took pictures).

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