Re: Re: [RBW] Seeking advice for Oregon bike trip

2013-05-17 Thread Steven Frederick
Joan, this is the sort tour/route that is on my short list for next summer-please keep us/me posted on how planning and how the ride goes! Thanks, Steve On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Joan Oppel wrote: > Great info on Windigo. So we'll skip it. > > "How are you planning to get from Crater La

Re: [RBW] Seeking advice for Oregon bike trip

2013-05-16 Thread Anne Paulson
Rather than call ahead for every grocery store and water stop, I suggest just carrying emergency food, plus water purification tablets. You probably won't need the tablets, but they are light enough that it shouldn't be a problem. But do call for lodging, if you are not traveling self-contained.

Re: Re: [RBW] Seeking advice for Oregon bike trip

2013-05-15 Thread Anne Paulson
PS: I don't have any recommendations on places to stay in either Bend or Sisters; we camped outside Bend. But if you've never been to either, here's the scoop. Bend is a city, a nice little city focussed on outdoor recreation, the kind of place it'll take a half hour or more to cycle through. I'm p

Re: Re: [RBW] Seeking advice for Oregon bike trip

2013-05-15 Thread Joan Oppel
Great info on Windigo.  So we'll skip it.   "How are you planning to get from Crater Lake to Crescent Lake? Backtracking past the lake, or going around via Klamath Falls?" -- we are planning to backtrack around past the lake, I assume you mean Crater Lake.  The idea is to ride the east rim, then go

Re: [RBW] Seeking advice for Oregon bike trip

2013-05-15 Thread Anne Paulson
I rode the Sierra Cascades last summer. Our group did not do Windigo Pass; however, we did hear about it from southbound cyclists. And I also have a friend who did it. We went through in early July, when the mosquitos were just hatching, and heard that at that time the mosquitos in the Windigo Pass