Ride West
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:59 pm
Spring here in Mn means rain and cool weather, somewhere in the low 40's, so with nothing to do I thought I would make an attempt at a ride report I took late last year, I rode from Mn to Oregon, up through Wa. into the Olympic peninsula, and then up into the Northern cacades, down into Sturges and then home. Had a He## of a time, I didn't take a lot of pictures but I think maybe enough to make a report, here go's!
My last purchase before I left (I camp)
I rode out with a friend of mine, he was going to Oregon, so we rode together out to near Portland
somewhere
My GPS
Kind of a boreing ride until Idaho and LoLo pass
The "Infamous" sign
Idaho was very nice, great roads
I did some merandering and ended up in southern Washington, and into the columbia gourge
I crossed the river a couple of different times sometimes in Oregon and some Washington
We parted ways around here, him to Portland, Me to Poulsbo
I crossed the Lewis & Clarke Bridge (in the background, Longview?)
Up, Up, and away, not sure of the elevation but it was wet and cold, I did incounter snowflurries
I stopped and put it all on!!
I like this (my GRANDdaughters doing)
The Astoria bridge in the background, I wishI had a better picture, it is just Beautiful, but the weather was not good so I just crossed and took shelter at a wayside, but do a google and see it
The reststop
Arriving at my son's my daughter-in-law took this picture, after about 300 mile of rain!!!
Made room for "Jugs" and hung up some wet clothes
I stayed a couple of days and the it was to the Islands, Hood canal bridge in the background (do a google)
Awaiting the ferry in PortTownsend
The ferry is comming in
A hard to see map of where I am going to go, it was on the wall of the ferry dock, I was glad to see it as one of my downfalls are not using a map
I get out that way every couple of years and I love the ferry system,
The only bike on the boat, first on-first off
Into the Northern Cascades, What a Ride!!!!
The Water is Green I'll explain
here is why
For som reason I didn't take many pictures after the cascades, I was crossing Montana and mid-afternoon the sky started to look funny, I was on a two lane road, I got out the map and beeeelllinnnnnned to the freeway and shelter!!!! it you have never seen an angry Montana sky feel lucky, it is a scarry thing, I took a couple of pictures as I checked the map, but they are nothing,
The sky turned every shade of purple I have ever seen and then the lightning, I was a worried "puppie" but it never did rain, I got tucked away in a hotel before the rain and wind.
Just starting to come in
about when I got the map out,, and it was downhill from there
I turned south in North Dakota and met some friends in Sturgis, (the rally was taking place)
spent the night and home the next day, mnn
My last purchase before I left (I camp)
I rode out with a friend of mine, he was going to Oregon, so we rode together out to near Portland
somewhere
My GPS
Kind of a boreing ride until Idaho and LoLo pass
The "Infamous" sign
Idaho was very nice, great roads
I did some merandering and ended up in southern Washington, and into the columbia gourge
I crossed the river a couple of different times sometimes in Oregon and some Washington
We parted ways around here, him to Portland, Me to Poulsbo
I crossed the Lewis & Clarke Bridge (in the background, Longview?)
Up, Up, and away, not sure of the elevation but it was wet and cold, I did incounter snowflurries
I stopped and put it all on!!
I like this (my GRANDdaughters doing)
The Astoria bridge in the background, I wishI had a better picture, it is just Beautiful, but the weather was not good so I just crossed and took shelter at a wayside, but do a google and see it
The reststop
Arriving at my son's my daughter-in-law took this picture, after about 300 mile of rain!!!
Made room for "Jugs" and hung up some wet clothes
I stayed a couple of days and the it was to the Islands, Hood canal bridge in the background (do a google)
Awaiting the ferry in PortTownsend
The ferry is comming in
A hard to see map of where I am going to go, it was on the wall of the ferry dock, I was glad to see it as one of my downfalls are not using a map
I get out that way every couple of years and I love the ferry system,
The only bike on the boat, first on-first off
Into the Northern Cascades, What a Ride!!!!
The Water is Green I'll explain
here is why
For som reason I didn't take many pictures after the cascades, I was crossing Montana and mid-afternoon the sky started to look funny, I was on a two lane road, I got out the map and beeeelllinnnnnned to the freeway and shelter!!!! it you have never seen an angry Montana sky feel lucky, it is a scarry thing, I took a couple of pictures as I checked the map, but they are nothing,
The sky turned every shade of purple I have ever seen and then the lightning, I was a worried "puppie" but it never did rain, I got tucked away in a hotel before the rain and wind.
Just starting to come in
about when I got the map out,, and it was downhill from there
I turned south in North Dakota and met some friends in Sturgis, (the rally was taking place)
spent the night and home the next day, mnn
