A short ride, but dry

Today was the return trip from Double Trouble.  I found that  my riding partner had never been to the Columbia Gorge or the Deschutes River.  A return trip in "tourist mode" was in order.  We took in a number of non-bikey sights including Shearer's Falls and White River Falls before reaching The Dalles for lunch.
 The fall colors were in full display.

Along the Deschutes River

On the way to Roweena Crest on old Hwy 30

  We then made our way to Roweena Crest.

Roweena Loops

We then continued to Mosier where we unloaded our bikes and rode along the Historic Columbia River Gorge highway, though on the section only open to non-motorized modes of travel.  We rode as far as the Mosier Twin Tunnels and no farther, since the trail was closed by a recent forest fire in the area and not yet open despite recent rain.

The now closed exterior walkway at Mosier Twin Tunnels

As we continued westward we left Oregon's desert behind us and entered the much more wet west side.  True to it's fame (despite the 3.5 months with just .11" rain!) it began raining by the time we got to Hood River and continued to rain all the way to Seattle. That didn't however dampen the desire to continue to play tourist as we made our way west.

It was a nice day but it might just be time to put fenders back on the rain bike.

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