I concur with this route and the other suggestions to head through the Gifford Pinchot forest. Call the forest headquarters first to confirm the road is open. The STP route is designed to get large numbers of cyclists down the road quickly and not for superior bicycle touring. Another option would be Adventure Cycling's coast route, but in Washington you're often not actually on the coast so I would go inland through the forest.
On Jun 6, 1:30 pm, Rob Harrison <robha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Like Ryan, I haven't done this tour by bicycle, but I have done it by > motorcycle many times. (So it's probably a LOT more climbing than I > recall!) I'd agree about the STP route. It's fine, but there are more > scenic, less traveled alternatives. Here's one rough idea, going via > FS25 on the east side of Mt. St. Helens, starting at Elliot Bay > Bicycles in Seattle and ending up at Clever Cycles in Portland: > > <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=2116+Western+Avenue,... > > > > Plenty of places to camp along this route. I'm sure the folks in > Portland will have better info for once you get closer to Portland. Be > sure and look me up once you get to Seattle if you need anything. > > Rob in Seattle > > On Jun 6, 2010, at 12:20 PM, rcnute wrote: > > > > > I haven't done such a tour, so I don't have a route for you--but I > > have done STP a few times and suggest that you pick a different, more > > scenic route. > > > Ryan- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
