Good rides in and around Portland. Or just good riding adventures, sometimes with the Oregon Randonneurs
Well, as promised, an explanation of the last post. Biking from Astoria to Portland doesn’t really comprise that much elevation gain, and yet here I was: (I did not expect snow on this road. Nor did I expect it later on the Banks-Vernonia trail) That’s why it might have been …
Today would have been a much better day to, say, snuggle under a blanket with a book and some tea than it would have been to bike from Astoria to Portland. Just, y’know, theoretically. More later, maybe, once I wring out my entire wardrobe and thaw myself out:)
I was surprised the other day to get an envelope in the mail with a return address of Oregon Randonneurs. First of all, I didn’t even know there was a rando mailing address; secondly, what could they possibly be sending me, anyway? It turns out it was the brevet cards …
My favorite type of bike ride is definitely a long, meandering, multi-day tour to beautiful natural places I’ve never been before. But a close, close second is a bike ride in my own city that I can sneak in to an otherwise normal day. Especially if I end up somewhere …
