Ride log
Route | Date | Miles | Bike | Buddies | Notes |
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Eagle Creek to Cascade Locks and beyond | 15 | Grando | Larry and Gwen | Gorge Campout day 1. Back to normal cool spring. |
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Midge Cramer Ride | 37 | Grando | Tenners plus | Gorgeous day marred by a crash. Rann and Doreen had a front blowout on the Tandem and went down hard at high speed. |
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Town and event | 16 | Soma Saga | Active transportation event at OSU |
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Stub Stewart SP to Vernonia and back | 21 | Ravn | Linda | Warmer today. Great lunch in Vernonia. |
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Stub Stewart to Banks and back | 21 | Ravn | Linda | Camped at SS SP. |
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Willamette Mission to home | 51 | Soma Saga | Spring Overnight 2023 | I struggled with the heat. Just not ready for 90. Great ride though. New bike bridge into Salem. |
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Willamette Mission SP | 57 | Soma Saga | Spring Overnight 2023 | Very hot. Strong headwinds. Great lunch by Jean. Wonderful. |
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Around town | 14 | Soma Saga | Test ride after new wheel, cassette, chain and brake pads. Shiny. |
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Around Portland | 18 | Grando | Nice day to ride up and down the river side, across some bridges, and then across town to Adinah’s house. |
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Philomath - Southtown | 32 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | Cool to start, sunny and warm by the afternoon. Hot weather coming. |
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Peoria bakery | 46 | Grando | Tenners | Rain held off but the wind picked up. Warm enough. |
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Valley of the Giants | 25 | Ravn | MVBC Gravel riders | Great ride, but too punishing for me. |
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Jefferson | 55 | Grando | Tenners | The perfect day! Mid 70’s, light wind. |
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Big Creek | 22 | Ravn | Camped at Washburn in RV. Warm and sunny inland. |
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Imagine | 30 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | Sunny and warm! Extra ride our Riverside to Liz’s house. |
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Tweed ride | 16 | Armstrong | Tweed riders | Cooler than yesterday and a little windy, but dry. Good turnout. |
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Bellfountain Park | 48 | Grando | Tenners | Finally a spring day. 65 degrees with a little sun and not much wind. |
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Decker | 38 | Grando | Tenners | Nice day. Decker was hard. I’m really out of shape. |
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Around town | 20 | Soma Saga | A little warmer and dry. |
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Imagine | 15 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | It was supposed to stop raining but it didn’t until I got home. |
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Thompson Mills | 50 | Grando | Tenners | Switched to kilometers for my birthday ride. Nice enough day in that it didn’t rain. |
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Philomath | 22 | Grando | Waited until 2:00 for the rain to stop. Then there was a little sun, but also some wind. |
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Imagine | 20 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | Cold and drizzle. Not enough to get ready wet, but sunshine sure would be better. |
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DeArmond gravel loop | 36 | Ravn | Dry but cloudy and not quite warm enough. |
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Around town | 16 | Soma Saga | Sunny and warm to start but got caught in a shower before I made it home. |
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Philomath | 30 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | Another sunny day. It won’t last. |
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Albany | 42 | Grando | Tenners | Very nice day. Started cool and foggy but the sun won. |
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Wiles DeArmond | 43 | Ravn | Gravel loop. Gorgeous day. Mid 50s and sunny is warm enough. |
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Country Road | 38 | Grando | Nice day for a meander out in the flats and around town. |
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Imagine | 23 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | Cold cold but not raining |
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Imagine | 14 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | Better day for riding today. |
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South Town | 24 | Soma Saga | The snow melted, the sun came out, and I went for a ride. |
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Philomath | 27 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | Tuesday ride on Monday. Warm and dry. Rain expected tomorrow. |
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DeArmond gravel loop | 35 | Grando | Ann, Trevor | Started on the Tenners ride and pulled off at Camp Adair. Colder than yesterday, but still dry. |
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Kiger Island | 35 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group plus Lori and Patti | Turned into a beautiful day. Especially considering it snowed on Tuesday and got frigid on Wednesday. Lunch at 3 Spirits |
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Philomath | 41 | Grando | Tenners | It was sunny to start but a big cloud bank hanging ove the valley. The ride was to Thompson Mills but I pulled out early with Ann and into the cold north wind back to town, where it was sunny. Then solo to Philomath sunny the whole way. |
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Kiger Island | 31 | Soma Saga | Brent, Becky, Dave, John | Brent said let’s ride so we did. Nice day as the clouds gave way to sunshine. |
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Dimple Hill | 20 | Ravn | Waited for the fog to lift and enjoyed a nice sunny ride up Oak Creek and down Jackson. Did Upper Horse and Lower Dan’s |
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Albany | 42 | Grando | Tenners | Cloudy but warmer with no rain. |
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Jackson Creek | 14 | Ravn | Up to where the 610 road is closed. Then Horse trail, Connector, and Lower Dans. |