Yachats River Road

Date: 
Monday, April 9, 2012
Miles: 
22
Bike: 
Giant OCR2
Buddies: 

40 years ago I lived 10 miles up the Yachats River, so I was pretty excited to have a chance to ride there. I was cool and quite windy at the beach so I didn't know what to expect but the wind was offshore so if it kept up at lest it would be at my back on the way in. Turned out to be much warmed as soon as I got a couple miles in from the coast, which was exactly how I remembered it. Nothing much had changed in 40 years and the valley was just as idyllic as I remembered it. Almost jungle like in its lushness, it's both green and rugged. Had I stayed I would have had to become a hearty woodsman just to survive.