1000 miles to paint a house

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Friday June 24 was spent painting all day again and we finished the exterior and nearly all interior details, but that's as far as my days would allow me to help out, as I needed to get back home on Saturday.

Got underway at 6:53am and nearly had 101 to myself for long stretches north to Crescent City and to the OR border. I had never been extreme coastal southern OR despite living in OR for over 22 years, so while towns such as Brookings, Gold Beach, Port Orford were familiar to me, they were in name only.

I would still be on the road if I stopped to take photos at all the sites along 101 in southern OR. It was nice and cool in the morning and zero traffic to deal with for the first few hours. Arch Rock picnic area is a good example of the many lookouts:









By noon I was in Coos Bay and it was starting to get warm and the 101 traffic was beginning to slow things down. I knew the day was supposed to reach mid 90s and so I wanted to ride the coast as long as possible.





Continued with the car-train north till Waldport where I headed to dreaded I-5, but hiway 34 connecting the coast and Corvalis was a dream ride of easy, swooping curves and very little traffic. The heat was getting too much so it was time to peel off the last of my warm weather undergarments at a water hole:



On I-5, full-face winds were gusty up to 25mph, and the temps above 95. But at Salem I veared off towards Silverton and so only had to deal with I-5 for 30 miles of the 500 that I rode for the day. Had to douse the cabeza with water a few times and moisten the t-shirt on the way back as the heat was affecting my noggin' but pulled into the garage at 6:53pm, 12 hours later to the minute.

The Eureka-Ferndale-Mattole Road-return to Eureka was a 130 mile loop used nearly everybit of the 4 gallon tank, the fuel indicator said 9 miles to empty as we got back, a 32mpg average for the trip. That's the worst I've every gotten on the CB, but maybe an indication of the up/down nature of the ride. 1050 miles total to paint a house...and very worth it.