ABOUT TODAY CLASSIFIEDS VOL. 24 CycleCycle OregonianOregonian NO. 4 This page combines news with a little extra fun. If you have a COMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY’S MENU WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14, 2011 message for someone, deposit it in the counter drawer at the Rider - Shuttles: Loop between Tent Breakfast Pancakes Services trailer. We’ll print if we have room each day. City, Old Town and hotels. DAY 4: BANDON - PORT ORFORD OPTION - Mini-Golf Tournament from Link Sausage Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. Scrambled Eggs COMM. EVENTS (cont.) (tentative). 541-250-1140. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Old Town at Red Potato Hash Browns - Prowler Charters: Deep-sea - Bullard’s Beach State Park TODAY’S ROUTE Harbortown Event Center. 7-Grain Cereal with Toppings charter fishing. 325 1st Street and Lighthouse: Walk or bike on - Labyrinth in the Sand: Ready Hard Boiled Eggs “Parks in Paradise” S.E., on the waterfront; call for paved pathway to the beach; by 7 a.m.; washed away by After the rollout along scenic times: 541-347-1901. two miles north of Bandon. Beach Loop Road, enjoy a 9:30. Coquille Point Wayside. Lunch - Tony’s Crab Shack: Catch Lighthouse 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 541- surprise: glassy-smooth pave- - Horseback Riding on the Roast Beef Wrap with Cream Dungeness crab. 155 First Street, 347-2209. Beach: 54629 Beach Loop ment and good shoulders along Cheese Spread on the pier; any time. 541-347- - Bandon Historical Society Mu- Road; all day. 541-347-3423. Highway 101. The optional side Hummus/Spinach Wrap 2875. seum: 270 Fillmore & Highway - Capture the Bandon Coast: trip to is a must- California Pasta Salad - Wavecrest Discoveries – Bird- 101; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 541-347- Learn jewelry techniques and do, taking you past headland Kettle Chips ing at Bandon Marsh: Shorebird 2164. design a personalized Bandon mesas and cranberry bogs to Chocolate Chip Cookie migration; includes transporta- - West Coast Game Park: High- keepsake. Sage Place, 525 the cape’s rugged shoreline tion from/to Tent City. 8-11 a.m. way 101, seven miles south of 11th Street S.E.; 2-4 p.m. and majestic lighthouse. Our Dinner (tentative); 541-267-4027. Bandon; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 541-347- - Mix It Up In Bandon: Mixed- lunch spot at a park in Port Ham w/Horseradish Glaze - Wavecrest Discoveries – Guid- 3106. media playday. Sage Place, Orford features trails leading to Port Orford is one of the nicest Pesto Quinoa ed Beach Walk and Foredune - CyberLynx Internet Cafe’: In- 525 11th Street S.E; 10 a.m.- the beach. Retrace your way towns along the Coast. Scalloped Potatoes Exploration; includes transpor- ternet cafe with six computers. noon. back up the coast for a new tation from/to Tent City. 12:30- Bandon Community Center – (Cont. on “Classifieds” page) Venetian Blend Veggies view of the same great scenery, southernmost of Oregon’s light- next to Tent City; 9-11 a.m. and Whole-Grain Roll 3:30 p.m.; 541-267-4027. and then find more fun back in houses. Cape Blanco is typically - Wavecrest Discoveries – Eve- 1-3 p.m. ODS MAIN STAGE Lemon Mousse Bandon. windy, but does offer a great - Coastal Mist – Sinful Dessert Fe- ning Beach Excursion; includes view of the ocean. The trip to 8 pm: Bike Rodeo tish/Chocolate: 210 2nd Street YOGA SCHEDULE transportation from/to Tent City. KEN’S CORNER the lighthouse is about five miles presented by Bike Gallery 6-9 p.m. (tentative); 541-267- S.E., Old Town; 6:30-8 p.m. 541- 7 a.m.: Therapeutics Most of today’s route is on High- each way, and the road has no 8:30-9:30 pm: Johnny 4027. 347-3300 or 541-347-4938 5:15 p.m.: Therapeutics way 101. Everyone who rides shoulder, so be sure to share the Chamberlain’s Blues Machine - Art 101 – Environmental Art - Bandon Quilt Guild: Quilt should make sure to use the road with cars. Workshop: Hands-on art work- Show. Odd Fellows Hall, High- adequate available shoulder, Lunch is on the water at Battle shop; 47134 Highway 101, eight way 42 South and Ohio Street; and also make sure there’s Rock Park in Port Orford, one of miles south of Bandon; 1-5 p.m. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. no traffic coming from behind the few ports where boats are when passing slower riders. launched by hoisting them into

SPONSORS NOTE: A construction project and out of the water by crane will affect part of Cape Blanco from the dock. There might be Road as well as Highway 101 some congestion when leaving south of there; be careful of lunch, so course monitors will gravel trucks. be stationed there and at both There’s an option to to visit water stops to assist everyone. Cape Blanco, the westernmost point in Oregon and site of the GO GREEN: PASS IT ALONG! NOTES AND NEWS PHOTO ALBUM: DAY 3

Here you’ll find important information, good stories along the way, and daily features. For Day One, we have quite a bit to tell you.

OSU EXTENSION experience. Get great information at the OSU - Cape Blanco Lighthouse: This Extension booth - 3-6 p.m. daily, lighthouse holds at least four next to Rider Services. Oregon records: oldest continu- ously operating light, most west- Oregon’s So. Coast Ecosystem erly point in Oregon, highest This is what you call a lunch with The South Coast of Oregon focal plane above the sea, (256 a view. from Bandon to Port Orford is feet), and Oregon’s first woman the crown jewel of the Oregon keeper: Mabel E. Bretherton Coast. Its scenic beauty is un- signed on in March 1903. paralleled, it’s lightly travelled, - Sixes River: Explore the region and it’s rarely crowded. Specific as early miners did by rock-hop- One man, two saxes... a mind- sites to not miss: ping or walking along the river, blowingly good band. - Bandon Beach Loop: Views of or set a more leisurely pace by And over here will be the wraparound deck... sea stacks and beach access bird-watching, playing in the - Mile 283 – West to water, and relaxing in the shady Area of Critical Environmental campground. Concern; snowy plover habitat Is there anything better than ar- riving like a conquering hero? - Mile 288.9 – West to Floras Lake TWO & OAK for easy beach access, views of CYCLING kiteboarders and windsurfers Two & Oak is proud to support - Mile 296.6 – West to Cape the Community Cycling Center, Blanco and one of the oldest which runs an independent bike working West Coast lighthouses shop in North Portland and is - Mile 300 – East up Elk River committed to promoting access Road for a scenic ride in a pris- to bikes for all and sustainable, tine coastal Oregon valley organic growth of healthy bik- - Battle Rock Wayside – Site of ing. The CCC offers a number an 1851 battle between pio- of volunteer projects and youth You know you were happy to see These were prettier in pink... but Youthful optimism and en- The lush greenery of the neers and local Natives. programs; more on that tomor- this... you get the idea. ergy, in abundance. coastal forest. row. The Rider Numbers of to- BLM BOUNTY day’s jersey winners are 427, 933 SPONSORS BLM public lands in the Coast and 1188. Show your wristband Range of southwestern Oregon to claim your jersey at the Cycle offer a rich and diverse outdoor Oregon Retail trailer. recreation resource for visitors to