Rides

Slept in and had a leisurely ride into Yachats, where I ran into Bruce H and his wife at the Green Salmon. Then back north into the wind which got progressively stronger. I was stopping a lot until I realized I had to get back to the WiFi at South Beach for a 4:00 meeting. Just made it in time. 

Rode with some folks I met at South Beach. They continued south. Cooler and a bit foggy, but better than 98 in the valley. 

Some of the gals came over to join me for a ride. Very nice. Was getting hot the farther inland we got, but then cooled off nicely as we got back to the coast. 

Escaping the valley heat. Strong headwind made it a tough but refreshing ride. 

Annual Fourth of July climb up Mary’s Peak. I did the road ride and parked on 34 at the bottom of the hill. 
I did good. Very slow but never struggled. Perfect day. Just cool enough on the climb and warm enough on the downhill. Hot in town though. 

Nice warm day. Big turnout. 

Went down to meet LT1 riders as they were coming in. 

Another good turnout. Warm day, almost hot. Wild headwinds the last few miles. 

Made it to Hiatt just as a very large group was leaving. Stayed long enough for other club members to show up. 
Did Decker solo but ran into Bruce H and rode back to town with him. 

I’ve been trying to get more climbing in to prepare for Loop Tour and to figure out which bike to take. Last week I did Lewisburg Saddle on the Saga and it was very slow and hard. Yesterday I did it on the Ravn and it was much better. I still have to do it on the Grando, and then the Saga again to know for sure. 

Back Soap Creek - Tampico - Wiles - Military - Robison - 99 - Coffin Butte - Old Adair base - Adair - Ryals - Independence - Pettibone -  Lewisburg - Highland 

Cool and misty. 

With a smaller Tuesday group to Imagine, then with John and Lloyd to Philomath, then solo on a longer loop. Sunny and almost hot. 

From Schwarz campground. Cooler today. 

To Wildwood Falls. Warm and sunny. 
Camping at Schwartz campground in the Rialta. 
 

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Over  Lewisburg Saddle and Berry Creek. Back De Armond and Wiles. 
First day of summer didn’t disappoint. Sunny and warm. 

New ride. Good turn out. Cool day with a few showers, and a lot wind. 

Still cool but nice. Got out early to meet the even earlier group at Hiatt. No one wanted to do Decker with me. 

Picked up my new hearing aids, had lunch, rode around a bit.

Cooler day. Good turnout. Feeling tired. 

CSGC Day 4

Did the rocky road 3 miles past the lemonade stand. Nelson went on around the horn exploring. 

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CSGC Day 3

Solo ride. Lower Black Butte trails to Indian Ford and wonderful single track to Sisters. Had lunch, a shower, and rode back. 

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CSGC Day 2

First with Jean to Suttle Lake and back to Camp Sherman. Then met the main crew on Suttle tie trail and rode with them on some of the Black Butte trails. 

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CSGC Day 1

Exploring around Camp Sherman, plus over to Jean’s cabin. 

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Cool and very windy. Good time at Imagine 

Cloudy day but just warm enough. Very fast pace at the start. I did well but then ran out of steam at the end. 

Beautiful day. Lovely rail trail. 

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Nice and warm. Medford to Talent and back plus a bit of meandering. 

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After two warm sunny days today was cool and rainy. 

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Slow meander enjoying the sunshine and making a few stops. 

Cool and cloudy. Time for a ride before seeing the kids school play tonight. 

 Nice ride. Cool then misty, then rain. 
Super slow on the Wyeth climb. The trail now goes 1.5 miles past Viento but still short of Mitchell point. 

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Got to Eagle Creek about 12:30. Didn’t ride until almost 2. Cool and windy but sunny and warm. 

Did the gravel loop with Nelson and a couple of others. Nice. Lots of new gravel on Peterson. Grando did great 

Another warm day. Needed to get the Ravn out. 

Warm evening, good turnout. 

Beautiful day. Good turnout. Great ride. 

Spring Overnight day 2

Another beautiful day. Got home by noon. 

MVBC Spring Overnight day 1

We went to Brownsville because Willamette Mission doesn’t open for bike camping until May 15.

Super nice day. Got a little hot towards the end. 

The sun came out!

It wasn't supposed to rain, but it did. Fun to be back with the group.

Rain kept the ride short but the sun peeked out on the way home.