Eggs

Dave and I rode to my mom's place today to celebrate Easter a day early, thus avoiding the problem of forcing folks to choose which side of the family's celebration to attend. It was an absolutely gorgeous day, made even more so by the stark contrast to the weather we've been having the last few weeks. There was not a cloud in the sky and temperatures eventually reached into the upper 60's.

I had mapped a route and had chosen the "automatically route for bike" option. We had fun! Most of the 28 mile route was on roads/trails that I had never biked on. From Wilsonville to Beaverton we were on roads for only a few miles, the rest was on various multi-purpose paths. It made for a fun trip, seeing sights I hadn't seen before.

In two hours flat we arrived at mom's and soon after the rest of the family filtered in. I avoided the hassle of bringing appropriate clothing for an Easter celebration by wearing appropriate biking attire. ;-)



Following just over 5 hours of food, egg hunts, visiting, and more food, we began our ride back. We took a slight detour and visited the Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition's new home where they were having a grand opening celebration. Fellow social bike club friend Tonya was there as well.

We backtracked our route and had a great ride back.

I could feel lackluster legs on a few of the mild inclines later in today's ride. Not a good sign. Tomorrow will be a test, leaving VERY early in the morning to go ride my Tygh Valley Century route. 100 miles, about 6000 ft of climbing with a really LONG climb. That ought to test the legs and lungs.

.........road bike.......rollers.........mtb.....lifecycle.....total
Today........58..............0.............0..........0...........58
Jan.........105.............34.............0..........0..........139
Feb.........428............108.............0.........24..........536
March.......809..............0.............0.........22..........831
April.......129..............0.............0..........0..........129
YTD........1471............142.............0.........46.........1659