I don't have much to contribute on the photo front. Just this Rivendell Ridge <http://www.flickr.com/photos/15966859@N07/9596824976/> shot taken at the end of the ride and this one of Tommy<http://www.flickr.com/photos/15966859@N07/9596780986/> that sort of looks like an ad. The pic of Tommy was taken while we were killing time before we met up w/ Mike.
The route was somewhat new to me. Trial and error discovery of new routes can be fun, but there have been a couple times where that has backfired and I've found myself committed to riding less-than-desirable roads. It's nice to be shown a new route that is worth returning to. Thanks, Mike. Enjoyable conversation, an unexpected shower, and an excellent route made for some well spent time in the saddle. Also, we have about another month of reliably nice weather in Portland, but change is in the air. Today's rain was a good reminder me that it's about time to put the fenders back on Homer. --Smitty On Sunday, August 25, 2013 5:53:09 PM UTC-7, Mike wrote: > > Got out for a few hours riding with Andy and Tommy. We rode through Forest > Park on dirt roads up to Skyline Blvd. It was nice to catch up as we rode > as I hadn't ridden with either of these guys since the Wasco County Ramble > in April. After we got to Skyline we dropped down into Washington County. > The descent down Springville Rd was great. From there we rode over to and > up Old Germantown Road which climbs back up to Skyline and feels more like > a bike path than a road. As we climbed it began to rain. Fortunately it > wasn't too cold and the rain actually felt good. Once back up to Skyline > Blvd we dropped down Germantown Rd. This is a bomber descent with the rain > making it all the more treacherous. After riding across the St Johns Bridge > we stopped by "Rivendell Ridge" to take pictures of the bikes. > > It felt great to get out with these guys and we talked about future rides. > > Oh, and it was Tommy's birthday! > > Pictures proved that it rained in Portland in Aug (probably because Andy's > bike doesn't have fenders). > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335973@N00/sets/72157635236299766/with/9593455555/ > > --mike > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
