Safely home after five long days on the bike. Rode from Florence, OR back to Seattle with a couple of other riders from STN on 101. We had great weather all the way through Oregon, cool but sunny. Started getting colder and gray once we crossed into Washington. Typical! Other than having to bob and weave around squadrons of marauding RVs we had a fantastic ride back.

I did a little back of the envelope figuring and my rough distance for the full five days was 1,612 miles traveled. My longest day was Day 2 - Florence, OR to Fortuna, CA @ 462 miles (took the long way) and my shortest was my day ride in the Fortuna area on Saturday at around 140 miles. Not bad.

I had a great time but I’m glad to be home and off the bike for a while. Overall the new luggage worked out great, no complaints. The GPS did its job with only a few minor glitches. I’m thinking a new custom seat may be in the future, I’d like a little more comfort on long days!