Twin Harbours to Bruceport: WA Coast Ride

By Dave Briggs · Published 2009-09-26 · Last updated 2026-07-18

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The first night's sleep in the makeshift shelter I had to construct, and then I cycled from Twin Harbours to Bruceport County Campground.

The night in the shelter

(Blog post written: Sept 26 2009)

Arriving at Twin Harbours the previous night, my tent poles all snapped. This meant I had to put up a temporary shelter for the night in the campground. Pretty sure I got some strange looks from other people!

I slept well, and it didn't rain during the night. Probably just as well, as the temporary shelter I constructed due to the pole failures would be about as waterproof as a sieve!

During the night, I realised that the tent was now finished. Whilst it might be possible to get poles shipped out to me, I simply didn't have the time to wait for them.

The only real option was to just carry on along the cycling route, and then buy another tent from a store when I found one.

Welcome to the D-Ment

So, I decided until that happened, I might as well give my new sleeping system a name. The full title was Dave's Makeshift Tent... or the D-Ment for short!

So, if you see the D-Ment mentioned in future blog posts, you'll know what it means.

Sleeping in the D-Ment was no different than sleeping in a regular tent. Well, it was a little more coffin like I suppose.

Packing it away was relatively easy, and it was on with the day's cycling.

Cycling to Bruceport

Today, I set my destination as being Bruceport. There were more easy roads, with a tailwind helping along for good measure.

I called it a day at Bruceport County campground, which had 10 dollar hiker/biker sites good showers (in which I did my laundry), and a covered area with electricity where I recharged all my gear.

The D-Ment went up easily, and I forgot to mention that I purchased an additional tarp to use as a ground sheet.

The big test for the D-Ment will of course be when it rains, but I'm not particularly praying for that event to happen!

At the campground, two Canadian cyclists who I met briefly at the last camp ground showed up, who are cycling to Mexico.

Looks like we will be leapfrogging each other for a few more days yet. Tomorrow should be my last day in Washington State before I enter Oregon.

Dave Briggs
Dave is a UK travel writer living in Athens since 2015. With 20 years of firsthand travel experience and over 80,000 km of bicycle touring across six continents, he's been blogging at Dave's Travel Pages since 2005. Every guide is based on places he's actually been.

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