Trip Summary
Our train back to Portland didn't leave until the afternoon so we ate pancakes at a little place in the neighborhood and rode around Eugene and up Skinner Butte. That was a leg burner but not too long. We ate lunch up there and then rode up and down the Willamette River trail near downtown. It's a nicely laid out system. We then headed for the Amtrak station where we loaded our bikes for the trip back home to Portland.
The highlights included meeting Jim, Keith and Holly on their TransAm ride. It's always helpful to talk to someone who has done this. And the ride from Sisters over McKenzie pass was made even better with three people who were seeing this part of Oregon for the first time.
We accomplished out objective of learning valuable information about extended days on the bike, cooking and packing, so we will be much more prepared on our Undaunted Porridge adventure beginning in May of 2018.
Data:
Average daily spend was $67.
- 1-way minivan rental to get from Portland to Bend $62 (most covered with AmEx reward points
- Two 1-way train tickets from Eugene to Portland $52
- Food – $26/day (restaurants – $134 total, grocery stores/markets – $124 total)
- Lodging – $28/day (7 nights camping – $82, 2 nights in hotels – $202)
- Other -$17
- Distance: 230 miles
- Number of days: 10
- Average mileage per day: 23
- Shortest day: 3 miles
- Longest day: 47 miles
- Elevation gain: 12,600 ft.
- Elevation loss: 15,009 ft.
- Campground nights: 6
- “Wild” camping nights: 1
- Hotel/Airbnb Nights: 2
- Number of traveling cyclists encountered: 8
- Good days: 9.5
- Bad days: 1/2
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