Yesterday my friend Dylan and I finished up 8 days of cyclotouring through WA and OR. We managed to roll through portions of Gifford Pinchot NF, Mt Hood NF, Deschutes NF and the Willamette NF. We totally veered from our planned route which would have kept us in and around the GPNF but due to poor weather we changed plans and headed south. The hight point of the trip was day 6 when we took back roads from Madras to just below the summit of McKenzie Pass. I had been wanting to climb the pass ever since moving to OR and was not disappointed. We stayed at a beautiful and serene campground--Lava Lake. The next day we got on the road at 7am and summited McKenzie Pass where we had epic vies of the surround mountains and lava fields from the Dee Wright Observatory.
My Hilsen handled well although next time I tour like this I'll be on a dedicated touring bike. At times the Hilsen felt a little too noodly. I was absolutely floored by the performance of my Schwalbe Marathons (700x41)--they were great. I expected them to feel dead but they were fine. We averaged like 82 miles a day. Our shortest day was like 65 miles and the longest 107. I can't wait until the next tour. Although we had poor weather which was a bummer the GPNF seems to offer endless cyclotouring opportunities for people living in Seattle or Portland and everywhere in-between. My camera crapped out for part of the trip so I don't have photos from day 5 and only a few from day 4 and 6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335...@n00/sets/72157622065862878/ --mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
