• Start: Harris Beach Park, Brookings Oregon
• Finish: Klamath River, California
• Distance: 84k
• Elevation: 990 meters

We made it to California! We hit California after only about 13k. Fortunately the agricultural inspection station was closed for the week-end so all of our worries about our fruit were for naught. We mostly rode quite rural roads until lunch. John and Ellie did a nice coffee break on the side of the road. We saw a lot of fields that we finally decided they were easter lilies. It was amazing how many lilies they were growing in that area. We also had some nice views coastal views of the California (yes, it is a bit different than the Oregon coast).

We had our lunch in Cresent City. Below we have Bruce and the Davids rolling into town.

After lunch we started the climb of he day. There was pretty much only one climb for the day, but it was definitely a good one. It started pretty much at see level and went to about 320 meters without any break in the grade at all. And it wasn’t an easy grade either. I would guess around 10%. That is a long time to stay a 10%. Everyone did very well with it. We finally topped out around 360 and then of course a wonderful descent.

After a bit more of flat riding we came into Klamath River, our home for the night. Klamath River isn’t much of a town, but the camp site was very nice. Right along the Klamath River. It is probably best just to show you a couple of pictures rather than try to describe it.