Shortly after Boiler Bay I rode into Depoe Bay, one of the smallest harbors on the US Pacific Coast. I continued south on US-101 to Boiler Bay. I'd hoped to explore Salishan Spit, but it seems to be blocked by some gated communities in Gleneden Beach. Fortunately it didn't last long and I made it through.Īt Siletz I turned north and followed the Siletz River to the coast. The wet earth was rather snotty in places and my front wheel was really loose. I remembered that this road had a few miles of gravel, but I thought it would be fine. In Nashville I turned onto the even lesser known back way into Siletz.
US-20 is the main route between Albany and Corvallis in the Willamette Valley and Newport on the coast, but at Blodgett I veered off onto the twistier, lesser known Nashville Road. I had the day off and took a short ride out to the Oregon coast.
