Reached Victoria, British Columbia

From Idleyld Park we continued to go west, back to the coast. At Reedsport we headed north on the 101, along the Oregon Sand Dunes. Luckily the wind was blowing from the Southwest, so it pushed us forward, where normally this time of year the wind is northwesterly. Unfortunately this wind also brought some rain. We followed the coast into Washington and to Olympic National Park's rainforest (which included the rain). In Port Angeles we boarded the MV Coho to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Typical Oregon beach view

Crossing the 45th parallel

Crossing the Columbia river into Washington state

We're now in Washington state

M/V Coho (Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC)

Reached Idleyld Park, Oregon

We are stille going strong, on our way to the Pacific Coast again.
Since Hat Creek we cycled between the lava flows in Lava Beds National Monument and we cycled on the rim of America's deepest and clearest lake in the caldera of Crater Lake National Park.
In between we left California and are now in Oregon.
The last few days, camping at high elevations, we woke up in very low temperatures, once even below zero. During the day, the weather has been pretty nice.
Today we descended the whole day towards the coast, which we will follow north towards Olympic National Park.

We're allowed to enter (Lava Beds NM)

Lava rocks in Lava Beds NM

Agricultural scenery

The lake of Crater Lake NP

The lake of Crater Lake NP

Reached Hat Creek, California

After Clearlake we descended into the Central Valley again, first to the west to Colusa, then to the north to Chico.
Then the temperatures started tot rise tot record values, just as we had tot climb out of the valley again towards Lassen Volcanic National Park. But we succeeded and this morning we went over the highest point in the park (2594 m), with snow still piled up along the way.
The spectacular views on the volcanic mountain peaks made good for all the hard work and sweat.
Next special place tot visit will be Lava Beds.

Volcanic activity in Lassen Volcanic NP

Posing with Mt. Lassen

Perpetual snow in Lassen Volcanic NP

Perpetual snow in Lassen Volcanic NP

Volcanoes of Lassen Volcanic NP

Reached Clearlake, California

Our apologies it took so long to write thiees post. We did not have WiFi available.
Since our previous post we have done 876 km through many different types of scenery. From Mammoth Lakes we continued north to Lee Vining, where we started to climb to Tioga Pass (9945 ft), also the entrance of Yosemite National Park. We crossed this beautiful park to the west side, encountering the first bit of rain on our trip. We traversed the Sierra foothills, the dry grassy plain of California's Central Valley and the coastal mountains to Santa Cruz on the Pacific coast. We then followed the coast to San Francisco, over the Golden Gate bridge, to Bodega, where we turned inland again to Santa Rosa and today, over some very steep hills, to Clear lake.
On our way we meet lots of nice and interesting people, always willing to help us, for instance escorting us on bicycle to the campground in town.
Now we head northeast, again into the Central Valley, towards Lassen Volcanic National Park. Unluckily for us temperatures are rising above 30°C again. We preferred the cooler weather at the coast.

Climbing Tioga Pass

Tioga Pass (9945 ft.), entrance to Yosemite NP

Sierra Nevada foothills, California

Golden Gate bridge, San Fransisco

Cycling over the Golden Gate bridge

Camping on the cliffs of the Pacific ocean

Steep climbs in the California coastal mountains