Help me Mr Wizard

I made my way to Vancouver, WA tonight to ride the longest running ride series in our little bike club. The ride begins along the Columbia River and runs to the end of a road that leads generally northwest out of Vancouver. There were eight of us tonight.

It was dark when we left, and certainly wasn't getting any lighter as we rode. We rode a fairly casual pace, about 15-16 on the way out into a slight wind, and about 19-20 on the way back with the wind behind us. We all had lights, but some of us had a LOT of light. Those of us with bright lights teamed up with those running lesser lights in this dark area. I teamed up with Chris sharing my bright light.

I'm fighting off a cold so the slower pace was just fine by me.

Following the ride we went to a local Mexican restaurant for a post ride debriefing.

Then it got interesting.

I don't ride over the Interstate Bridge often. The bridge was no problem, but the access to and from wasn't real intuitive. I got across the Columbia River just fine but darned if I could find the route across the next body of water. I ended up calling my sister and had her get online and direct me out of my predicament.

By the time it was all over I had ridden about 4 extra miles just making loops around the highway interchange and shopping center parking lots.

All's well that ends well though. Dry night, good friends, good food, and made it home in one piece. ;-)

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