for Pete's sake!

Well, who is Pete, and why did they name this hill after him?

A friend and I had planned to ride a 20 mile route with 2000 ft of climbing after work today, beginning at 4:45PM. Well, I-5 was stopped up with an overturned semi truck, the side roads were stopped up with those trying to avoid the freeway. Had I known that prior I would have commuted to Tualatin by bike, it would have been far quicker.

So, we started off about 45 minutes late. We pedaled down 65th avenue to start off with. No paved shoulder, but not normally a major issue. Tonight with all the traffic trying to avoid the mess on the freeway though 65th was very busy.

We made our way over to the Willamette area of West Linn and than began climbing the major hill of the ride, Pete's Mountain, from the more difficult side.

It was dark, my riding partner had cold toes, and a daughter that needed a ride to class. When we reached the top of Pete's Mountain we took Sheaffer Rd to the west, cutting off 6 miles of our intended route. We still ended up with 14 miles and just a shade over 1400 ft of climbing. Not too bad for an after work ride in the dark.


..........road bike.......rollers.........mtb.....lifecycle.....total
Today........14..............0.............0..........0..........14
Jan.........474..............0............21..........7.........502
Feb..........14..............0.............0..........0..........14

Year to date ..........................................a paltry 516