Fanno Creek

I was invited to join some folks as they did a leisurely ride of the Fanno Creek trail.  That sounded like a perfect opportunity to take the fixed gear bike.  The ride began at 8:30 AM at Garden Home in an attempt to beat the heat, making riding to the ride possible.

I started spinning pedals at 7AM and even with a quick stop for a breakfast burrito and large orange juice I covered the nearly 14 road miles in an hour.

By 8:30 there were 9 of us ready to roll.

Our ride leader for today would be Donna, a local resident, on her home turf.

I ride portions of the Fanno Creek Trail when I ride to Forest Grove/Hillsboro, but today we rode several sections I did not know about.  We started from the Garden Home Recreation Center, and accessed the trail immediately.

We followed Fanno Creek back southward.

We reached the southern end near the Tigard Library, then continued down to Cook Park.

We pedaled through Cook Park and across the Tualatin River before puttering around in Tualatin Community Park for a bit.

On the way back northward we came across the City of Tigard blocking the path with a pickup (with both doors open as we approached!) I understand that at times agencies need to bring in tools and supplies to maintain the trail, or in this case, pick up bags of trash,  but really, wouldn't an ATV be able to do what was being done here?

We took one slight detour because our ride leader said Summer Lake was worth the pedal.
It was.

We got back on the Fanno Creek Trail and returned back to Garden Home.

We had a post ride "debriefing" at the New Market Pub, then dispersed.
Donna and I both had to go the same direction, so we rode together for the first few miles.

By the time I got back to Wilsonville it was 94 degrees. Plenty warm enough!

I had 58 miles with the commute, but it was warm, and an extra couple of miles for an ice cold drink sounded good.

I ended up with a nice round 60 mile day.


........Road bike........Rollers.......MTB.......Lifecycle....Total
Today.......60...............0..............0..............0..............60
Jan..........765.............0..............0..............0.............765
Feb..........248............0..............0..............0..............248
March......183...........0...............0.............0...............183
April........228...........0...............0.............0...............228
May.........200............0..............0.............0...............200
June.........199...........0...............26...........0...............225
July..........246...........0...............0.............0...............246
August.....296...........0...............0.............0...............296
Total........2427.........0...............26............0..............2453