Rides

Route	Date	Miles	Bike	Buddies	Notes
Bellfountain Fern roads	Sat, 06/25/2011	16	Giant OCR2		Not doing too good but at least got some sun.
Weekly Commute	Thu, 06/23/2011	46	Alez		4 days. Getting warmer but some serious wind in the afternoon. Sick day Friday. Missing the MLC again.
Decker Rd	Sun, 06/19/2011	32	Giant OCR2		Corvallis Hwy 99 Llewelen. Peterson Decker Hwy 34. Met up with John, Ed, and Kieth.
Weekly Commute	Fri, 06/17/2011	80	Alez		Getting in some longer rides home with the improving weather. Hit a pothole, 2 pinch flats and no good tubes. Saved by the college bike shop.
Decker Road Mary's Peak	Sat, 06/11/2011	50	Giant OCR2		Out 34 then back. Then Bellfountain to Decker and back to 34. Then up to Alsea Summit and just 2.5 mi up Mary's.
Weekly Commute	Fri, 06/10/2011	75	Alez		Actually 6 days. Still cool. Doing ok on the Allez.
Corvallis	Sat, 06/04/2011	26	Alez		Around town putting up posters for my stolen Trucker. Using the Allez as my town bike now.
Weekly Commute	Fri, 06/03/2011	30	Long Haul Trucker		The Trucker was stolen.
Weekly Commutekly	Thu, 05/26/2011	48	Long Haul Trucker		4 Days this week. Cooler with some rain.
Weekly Commute	Sat, 05/21/2011	63	Long Haul Trucker		Ride your bike to work week and I did
Corvallis	Sun, 05/15/2011	17	Long Haul Trucker		Shopping and looking at houses
Waterloo	Sat, 05/14/2011	76	Giant OCR2		Across the valley and over a ridge to the Santiam Valley. Out through Shedd, back through Lebanon and Tangent. Cool and breezy.
Weekly Commute	Fri, 05/13/2011	74	Long Haul Trucker		Another dry week. Sunny and warm Thus & Fri after work. Did some longer rides.
Corvallis	Sun, 05/08/2011	35	Long Haul Trucker		Around town, shopping, and looking at houses
Weekly Commute	Fri, 05/06/2011	70	Long Haul Trucker		From 70 degrees on Tuesday to rain on Friday. Mostly a great week of commuting.
Harrisburg	Sun, 05/01/2011	62	Giant OCR2		South to Bellfountain the East - cross 99W to Old River Road which becomes Noration to 99E - cross the Willamette into Harrisburg. Back Peoria Road. Nice day. Sunny and around 60.
Kings Valley	Sat, 04/30/2011	50	Long Haul Trucker		Hwy 20 to Wren, north past Hoskins to Kings Valley. East/Northeast on Maxfield Creek rd. East on Airlie rd. across 99w to Sauver rd South on Independence hwy, Pettibone, hwy 99w into town. Some sprinkles, some sun. Not warm but not bad.
Weekly Commute	Fri, 04/29/2011	61	Long Haul Trucker		Another mostly dry week, except for a good rain on Friday morning. Tough head winds coming home though.
Alsea	Sat, 04/23/2011	56	Giant OCR2		Out 34. Summit and Mary's Peak road at 11 miles. Alsea at 20. S. Fork road back up to Alsea Falls. More climbing and the down to Alpine. Back on Bellfountain. Met Joe, John, and Maria.
Weekly Commute	Fri, 04/22/2011	72	Long Haul Trucker		Lots of sunshine. Started bringing riding clothes for the ride home. Tough headwind a couple of days. Perfect on Friday.
Decker Road	Sun, 04/17/2011	24	Giant OCR2		Out 34. Back on Bellfountain. Dry the whole way!
Corvallis	Sun, 04/17/2011	21	Long Haul Trucker		Second ride of the day. It kept getting nicer. Another flat though, in the back. And the tube I put in had a slow leak so I had to keep pumping it up. Did a loop though Willamette park and then went shopping.
McDonald Woods - Indepenhendence Hwy	Sat, 04/16/2011	37	Long Haul Trucker		Started out misty. The dry all through the wood to Lewisburg Rd. - Granger to Hwy 20 left on Independence Hwy, some other road back to 99. By then it was raining pretty good.
Weekly Commute	Fri, 04/15/2011	61	Long Haul Trucker		Rain finally caught up with me back to rain gear Thurs and Fri
Weekly Commute	Fri, 04/08/2011	60	Long Haul Trucker		Actually 4 days of commuting and one day riding around with Linda. Missed all the rain this week. It rained alot, just not when I was out riding.
Monmouth	Sun, 04/03/2011	63	Giant OCR2		Followed the MVBC route. Some sun but mostly cold. Lot's of hills. Threw in a couple of extra hills on the way back. Got exactly the right miles for my BD ride.
Corvallis	Sat, 04/02/2011	18	Long Haul Trucker		Shopping and around town. Windy. Got caught in a shower
Weekly Commute	Thu, 03/31/2011	42	Long Haul Trucker		Just 3 days this week. Getting warmer. Will need to shower on campus soon. Recoding this as March although Friday was April 1.
Weekly commute	Mon, 03/28/2011	50	Long Haul Trucker		Short week. Ride home can be lovely when it's not raining.
Toothpick	Sat, 03/26/2011	10	Rock Hopper	Dan, Paul	Asland visit. Muddy trails. Nice woods.
Bald Hill, West Hills, and SOuth Hills	Sun, 03/20/2011	20	Long Haul Trucker		Gravel single track to the top of Bald Hill. Great views. Then West Hills, Western to Brookdale, to Nash to 53rd to Bellfountain to Chapel to 19th to home. Light rain.
Weekly Commute +	Sat, 03/19/2011	70	Long Haul Trucker		Some heavy rain this week and a few dry rides. Short ride to GT farm on Saturday.
Corvallis	Sun, 03/13/2011	13	Long Haul Trucker		Shopping trip. Got caught in a squall coming home. 40 MPH wind and rain.
Hwy 34	Sat, 03/12/2011	10	Long Haul Trucker		Road out to look at a place Linda likes.
Bike Path to Corvallis	Sun, 03/06/2011	12	Long Haul Trucker	Linda	Took Linda for her first ride in Corvallis.
McDonald Forest	Sat, 03/05/2011	20	Long Haul Trucker		Tried out my new tires on the gravel roads. Worked great. Steady climb for 3.5 miles getting steeper as it went. Great views from Dimple Hill at 1478 feet.
Weekly Commute	Fri, 03/04/2011	67	Long Haul Trucker		A wet week. 3 very wet rides. 2 not so bad. A couple just misty, and some with no rain at all. Didn't miss a day.
Corvallis	Sat, 02/26/2011	20	Long Haul Trucker		Cold. Took Bellfountain to Airpot to 99 to Coop. Back Plymouth Chapel.
Weekly Commute	Fri, 02/25/2011	38	Long Haul Trucker		Rode the bus 2 days due to snow and ice. Still very cold.
Weekly Commute	Fri, 02/18/2011	49	Long Haul Trucker		4 days. It looked like the roads would be icy on Thursday so I took the bus. Rain Monday and Tuesday.