Home Turf

I joined a few folks for a ride in Washington County.  I spent the first 50 years in Washington County so this was a ride on my home turf. I knew the roads, and the most of the folks who lived on the farms.

We met at Panera Bread's parking lot in Hillsboro.

Jose A C photo

We started pedaling at 8 AM, there was still a chill in the air.
The idea was to beat the heat of the afternoon.
Mike was a good trip leader.  He navigated well and made sure that nobody slipped off the back.
It didn't take long to get out of town and into the countryside.

Jose A C photo

The winds had shifted and the smoke for forest fires now was blowing back eastward, and away from the Portland Metro area.  The only air quality issue we had was some blowing dust from farming operations. It was a small price to pay for being able to ride in the countryside.

 We only had one hill of any significance today, and even it was only "half of a Westhills climb".   We climbed about 600 ft up Old Pumpkin Ridge road before turning back toward the valley.

We finished up at 11 AM, well before the heat of the day, that would reach near 90.

I noted that we had an 11 mph average speed.  That comment was met with incredulous looks, and folks pushing buttons on bike computers.

They were all showing somewhere in the mid teens for average speed.

They only counted "on bike" time.

33 miles in 3 hours seems like an 11 mph average to me.

Oh well.  We all had fun on our bikes, and that is what counts!



........Road bike........Rollers.......MTB.......Lifecycle....Total
Today.......33...............0..............0..............0..............33
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.....485...........0...............0.............0...............485
Total........2613.........0...............26............0..............2642