Start/Finish:
Beaverton/Pacific City 

Rides:

2002 = 104 miles
2003 = 104 miles
2004 = 106 miles
2005 = 55 miles

Well, I dont know what happened to writeups for 2002 and 2003, I sure thought I had done them.
But anyway, 2002 was the first year, I did that one essentially by myself, and got a ride back from Pam and Dave Oberst, my neighbors.
The food was pretty good and the lunch in amity was filling and helpfull.
The weather was sunny, wind was light and the ride was really great. Seemed like I got in about 4, ate dinner, and then rode home stopping for DQ blizzards on the way home, arriving home about 800

2003 was a little different. Rode with Lisa, the weather was dreary, it rained, it hailed and the winds blew. I was exhausted by the time we finished the route. We had reserved a seat on the 400  bus, thinking with two of us pulling we could make that. We were wrong. We didn't arrive till after 530. So, we had to take the bus scheduled for 700, which didnt leave til 800 and stopped in Amity and Salem on the way home. We arrived home at nearly midnight. The food at the stops was poor and scarce. The lunch stop was scheduled for Grande Rhonde which is actually at mile 75, in order to accommodate the riders from Beaverton, Amity and Salem. So, by the time we got there the lunch as basically gone. All that was left was bagels, which was mainly what was served at the other stops. So we were forced to eat all the food that we brought, which still was not enough. The final rest stop which was still cold and wet, just had little bags of trail mix. We were pretty hungry and our energy and emotional levels were very low by the time we reached the end.

2004 was a better experience. Although the sky was mainly grey throughout the day for the entire ride, we only encountered two short periods of rain, the last coming during the final 10 mile stretch to the finish. The winds blew in the stretch after Amity, but they were not as relentless as before, and only served to tire me a bit but we were not defeated by them. The foods at the stop were somewhat better, although Lisa complained about the stops that served only apples and string cheese. Cliff bars served at only one stop. Boiled eggs at two stops. Didnt see any bagels. The first rest stop at Elks lodge was really not marked, and though we knew it should have been there, we passed it since it didnt seem like there was one. Didnt need the food but Lisa wanted the restroom, so had to ride in to Newberg to a gas station. We got in about 500 this time, and felt much better than the year before. Mom and Dad were waiting for us in the home we rented from the Anchorage Motel, which was a block off the course, so we just had a little backtracking to do after completing the ride. It was very nice to get into a nice hot shower and clean warm clothes so quickly and we enjoyed visiting, eating and relaxing with them for the rest of the evening. Then able to have a breakfast and a pleasant ride home on Sunday.

2005 -  Having done the ride from Beaverton three times, returning home a different way each time, it was time for something a little different. Schedules, weather, work, and a long list of other excuses have kept Lisa and I from doing many long rides this year, and the early season century just didnt seem appealing. Also, I remained skeptical about the organizers abiltity to support the rest stops. We picked up our packets from early pick up party REI, which gave us ability to make the decision in the morning whether we wanted to start from Beaverton, Salem or Amity. Turns out this week, Lisa is a little fatigued by her long work hours, and Pam who is going with us, seems to have a broken toe, so, we opted to drive Amity and start from there. Ride was good, the day was cloudy but warm and only a few sprinkles at the end of the day, which were really no problem. Plus no real wind to deal with. There is plenty of food, but maybe that is because the Amity riders are in the early wave. I am carefull not to take too much. We arrive at the finish line to cheers and whistles from the never tiring crowd gathered to cheer on everyone that happened to come in.  While doing the century rides, the sight of the rock and the arrival of the finish line is a thrill as well as a seemingly well deserved accomplishment. Now, this time when we arrive we feel just a bit guilty to have everyone cheer us for riding just 55 miles. But, we are here, we change, get our bus tickets for a 500 bus to Amity, eat and wait. Think we arrived at finish about 230, left on bus about 520 which gets us home just a little after 8:00.

From their site:
FUN FIGURES
2,200 – Record number of riders
126 – Day-of-event registrants
96 – On-course safety personnel
4,000 – Bananas
228 – Total gallons of soup served at lunch