Appreciate all the advice I got in my post a few weeks back. Got a (barely) used Surly Ice Cream Truck, and finally got to the coast with it this past week. Holy Guacamole what fun! 8 days here, 6 rides, including this one today.
I took a chance on whether it would be fun…had never done it before, but saw so many reports of it being a blast, so bought the bike. Gotta say, it absolutely exploded even my best expectations!
We have a place on the Long Beach Peninsula of western Washington State, so it's a piece of cake to offroad it over the dune to the beach, power across the soft sand to the hard sand and just go, go, go!
Fresh ocean air. No cars. Hardly any people. No helmet. Nothing to cause a flat. Just put it in gear and ride to your heart's content!
So freeing! Reminds me somewhat of riding road bikes on the mountain roads around Sunriver OR (Bachelor, Cascade Lakes Hwy, Paulina, etc) except with NO cars to deal with at all (and no climbs, which I do kinda miss).
Next time we're here with a nice North summer breeze, my goal is to go from our place all the way to the end of the beach at Cape Disappointment. Probably then catch the Discovery Trail into Ilwaco…probably 22 miles all in.
Anyway, thanks to everyone who chimed in.
by twinndux