Miles 49, Total 329
Back in 2008 or so, I rode the STP (Seattle to Portland) ride with my son Chris. I don’t know what prompted us to do it, but it was a 205 mile ride that we did in one day. It was a great opportunity to do something great with him It’s mid point was Centralia. So in Centralia, the route I was on took me through Centralia Community College and that connected the dots to where I have ridden from the Canadian border to just beyond the border of California.
The rest of the ride today was nice. Not much different in scenery, but the roads were good with a nice shoulder. One thing that was different was just the steepness of the roads I traveled today. They seemed to head straight up and down the hills. Right at the end of the ride, I started getting rain again. It wasn’t even worth putting on the rain gear, but after arriving in camp, it did start coming down again.
Tim and Nancy took the train from Tacoma to Longview and we picked them up at 4:30. They are going to join me for the California portion of the trip. We are going to just drive down the Oregon coast since we have all ridden that back in 2014. We will be taking the next 3 days to drive to the California border. Brandon has never been down the Oregon coast, so we wanted to take some time and see some things. We will check back in once the vacation within the vacation is done. 😊
Even by biking standards, 16% is a lot of drop or climb. Look at the road disappear. 😬
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