Cool, thanks guys! I've been toying with another idea, which was recommended to me by a local Seattle friend. There is no ocean or ferries, which is really too bad, but it does have some spectacular climbs and gravel roads.
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5639292 I'm hoping to finalize my dates and rough route tonight. Thanks for the input! On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 12:06 AM, SpiralCage <spiralc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, personally I'd ride 101 to Cosmpolois (just skirting Aberdeen) and > then 105 down to the coast. Some great riding along the coast there and the > section into Raymond right above the water is fantastic. Plus you go by the > Cranberry Road Winery which also has a new brewpub associated with it. > > SR 6 is good times as far as it goes, but then you are in Centralia. I've > got a good route from there to Olympia if one was dead set on going to Oly, > but I think if I was on the train I'd just stick with it to P-Town. > > So given lesser time constraints this is the route I'd actually take: > > https://goo.gl/maps/KhWp8 > > note on this one I moved a section from my previous route on hwy 12 to a > frontage road, which one should do regardless of which of these variations > one utilizes. > > On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 9:31:45 PM UTC-8, Shawn Granton wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 9:28 PM, shawn m. <smul...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> +1 on Robert's route. I would note, however, that the stretch of Highway >>> 101 north of Raymond to the Highway 107 junction is (or was when I rode it >>> in 2012) logging truck hell. I've also taken Highway 6 over the Coast Range >>> between Raymond and Chehalis and wouldn't hesitate to go that way again, >>> especially since taking the Amtrak to Centralia puts it in pretty easy >>> reach from Seattle. >>> >>> +1 to SR 6. Pretty quiet and a very low pass (700 feet?) over the >> Willapa Hills (Coast Range), almost doesn't feel like you're summiting. >> There's a state park, Rainbow Falls, about 20 miles outside of Chehalis. >> Nice park, has a hiker/biker site. >> -Shawn >> >> >> No one actually looks at email signatures anymore, but here goes nothing: >> http://urbanadventureleague.wordpress.com/ >> http://societyofthreespeeds.wordpress.com/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanadventureleaguepdx/ >> http://bikesspottedpdx.tumblr.com/ >> Un-electronic mail goes here: P O Box 14185, Portland OR 97293-0185 >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/P3_y9V1dRMA/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
