Stop Go Stop Go Stoooooop Go

I made it from Dinner Pass on the western side of California all the way across the state to the eastern coast north of Eureka. I took squiggly roads the whole. Bad move.

Leaving the rest area at 0430, I veered off of I-80 onto CA-20, which is a great road. The last time I rode it, in 2022, it was under construction and just a single lane at one point. No way it's still under construction. Um, yeah, it still is. My first Stop then Go.

I finally got off of CA-20 and onto CA-70, which led me to I-5 for a few miles until I hopped onto one of my favorite roads, CA-299 through redwoods to Eureka. Again, Stop then Go, twice I think. But at least it wasn't raining this time.

After CA-299, I went north on US-101. Yep, you guessed it. Stop. 30-minute wait. Then Go. But only go 30 mph in a 55 zone because of the RVs and semis 🤦. There was some creative passing going on today. If not, I'd still be in NorCal.

When US-101 veered to the coast, I veered inland onto US-199. Again, construction. My GPS said it was faster to ride around the construction--250 miles--then to go through it for 70 miles 😳. I went through it. The GPS was probably correct 🤣.

I got to stay on I-5 for a while, no construction, then took a Byway on US-20. Yep, construction. Another Stop. 30 minutes. Go. 😭. By this time I was horribly pissed off. Every road. Every fucking road.

After that, I cut back north to Salem for the Oregon capitol building, then back on I-5 to get as far north as possible to try to avoid morning traffic. I made it north of Portland and into Washington, where I'm camped at a rest area. It's what there was.

Tough day. Lots of clutch work. Some fun bits on the squigglies when there wasn't anyone going 30 mph under the speed limit...which wasn't very often 😓.

Hope to see you on the road! Remember, NO WHINING! ✌️

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2026 starting odometer: 46667
Starting odometer: 116662
Ending odometer: 117532
Daily mileage: 870
2026 miles total: 70865Læs mere