Rides

Route Date Miles Bike Buddies Notes
Cape Lookout SP - LT19 Day 6 50 Soma Saga

Three Capes!
Nehalem Bay SP - LT19 Day 5 44 Soma Saga

Another nice day. Rain supposed to start tonigh. 
Around Astoria - LT19 Day 4 15 Soma Saga

Layover day in Astoria. 
Astoria- LT19 Day 3 60 Soma Saga

Nice ride. 
Vernonia- LT19 Day 2 56 Soma Saga

 

 

Followed an Oregon Randonneur route from McMinnville with nice rolling hills. Late second breakfast in Banks. 

The BV Trail was harder than I expected. I probably wore myself out on the rolling hills, plus too heavy a meal in Banks, plus terrible rough pavement which really beat me up. Nice on the downhill side. Camping at Anderson part right on the trail in Vernonia  

 

 
McMinnville LT19 Day 1 50 Soma Saga

Nice start to LT19. Cloudy in the morning and then clearing throughout the day. Some headwind. Camping at Yamhill fairgrounds. 
Garden - Coop 18 Grando

Afternoon ride to the garden
School and around 30 Cilantro January

TRaining for mini-loop
Eddyville - Elk City 22 Soma Saga John VS

Pre ride for loop tour. Unfortunately John went down and gashed his elbow. 
Kings Valley - Monmouth 65 Grando Ann, Brandy, Eileen, Lyle, Sarah

Out to Philomath - Crow and then all the way to Monmouth highway on Kings Valley Road. Back Helmick and 99W. Nice day. North wind provided tailwind going home.
School and garden 23 Soma Saga January

A couple of hot days. Mid 90's
School, Garden, meeting 20 Soma Saga

Getting warmer. 
Strawberry Century 103 Grando Peter, Rick and a host of others

I got an early start because I was doubting I could finish in 10 hours. I did better than expected and finished with 48 minutes to spare. Really hard though. I don’t think I need to do anymore 100 mile rides. 

Really nice day. Cool but NO RAIN!! Did get the headwind for the last 15 miles. 
School 10 Soma Saga January

Riding to school with January. 
Philomath and around 40 Grando

Not nearly ready for the Strawberry Century but maybe will make it.
Rogue Farms 50 Grando

Not ready for the Strawberry Century in 4 days. 5 hours to do 50 miles, mostly flat. Headwind must have worn me out. 

Gorgeous day. Sunny and warm. 
Town Garden School 26 Soma Saga

Cool mornings, warm afternoons. 
Philomath 22 Soma Saga

Got out early for a short ride. Cool and cloudy with rain coming. 
Town School and around 32 Soma Saga

Shool with January and a couple of trips to town.
Town plus 38 Grando

Tuesday ride, RoS, School with January and more. 
Willamette Mission State Park to Home 53 Soma Saga Doreen, Rann

Left at 9 with Eric, Rann and Doreen, and Frank and Kathy. The rest of the gang left earlier. Eric had to get to a mother's day event. Kathy and Frank decided to keep riding when Rann, Doreen, and I stopped for second breakfast. So the three of us took it slow and stopped again in Independence for a snack, and Lewisburg for ice cream. Not as hot as yesterday with some clouds.
Willamette Mission State Park 60 Soma Saga Ann, Beth, Bruce M, Dave, Doreen, Eric, Kelly, Lindsay, Rann

Very warm day. We left from in front of the middle school at 9:00. Nice group. Usual route via WVSB. some headwind on Windsor Island road.

Jean, Kathy and Frank joined us at the park.

 
Beaver Creek 25 Grando

South Beaver Creek then up North Beaver Creek. 
Bellfountain Park 56 Grando MVBC

Nice warm day. Some headwind coming back. Large group left Osborn. Some split off at various places. After Bellfountain Park we went to Hiatt Farm and then a few of us went over Decker.
Town Garden School 43 Soma Saga January

Very nice weather. 
Crescent Valley - Town 22 Grando

Put the worn out Compass tires back on and went for a short spin. Sure enough I got a flat. Nice day though. 
Tweed Ride 20 Armstrong Tweeders

Nice day for a liesurly cruise around town dressed up like an Englishman,
Kings Valley 62 Grando MVBC

Betty’s 58 mile birthday ride. Cloudy and cool at first but warmed up nicely. Very windy on the return, some of which was a tailwind. 

We added in Elkins road to get the miles. 
Garden - Town - School 33 Soma Saga

Excellent spring weather, with some wind.
Town and around 30 Soma Saga

Two days. To school with January. Tuesday old guy ride. Garden. Warming up but very windy today.
Bayshore to home 39 Soma Saga

Nice leisurely ride on South Beaver Creek and 101 into Newport. Got on the bus and had a nice nap before the bus broke down a mile past Blodgett. So I rode the rest of the way. 
Seal Rock 22 Soma Saga

First south on Crestline to where it comes out on Wakonda Beach Road. Then to Beachside. I wanted to go to Cape Perpetua but stiff north wind told me to turn around and ride into it for a while. So north to Seal Rock it was. Sunny and nice except for the wind. 
Corvallis to Bayshore 70 Soma Saga

Warm spring day in the 70’s. Took 34. Traffic was very light. 
Imagine Coffee 15 Grando Old guys

Tuesday old guys group. No rain. 
Deschutes Trail 27 Ravn Eileen, Lori, Nelson, Robert, Teddi

Sunny skies and warmer. Trail was smoother also.
Swale Canyon and Klickitat Trail 30 Ravn Carol, Eileen, Lori, Nelson, Robert, Teddi

Gray skies but no rain. Rough and rocky rail-to-trail. Nice single track on lower section.
Decker Road 38 Grando MVBC

Another tenners ride. Light rain througout. Stopped at Hiatt bakery and then did Decker
Town and around 38 Soma Saga

A couple of trips to town plus an outing with the old guys checking out the flooded lowlands.
Harrisburg 76 Grando Tenners

My wonderful friends helped me pull of my ride-your-age birthday ride. It was miserable and we had a great time. It rained almost the entire 9 hours we were out there, stopping for maybe 10 minutes at a time just to tease us. However wind was not a factor so it could have been worse, and at 50 degress no one got too cold.
Around Bayshore 10 Ravn

Exploring the neighborhood. I was so tempted to take my bike on the beach, Gotta get a beach cruiser.