Yesterday was the first riding day with no rain. That was nice! We ate at Eddie’s cafe in Apgar, home of Brent’s favorite french fries (only $1.45). We exchanged tips with, and encouraged an 18 year old young man riding … Read the rest
An Eventful day
More huckleberry french toast for a tasty breakfast. Apparently too much because I broke a rear spoke. With 3 pairs of hands and lots of experience, we replaced it in 20 minutes. We visited McDonald lodge and warmed up by … Read the rest
Headwinds, Rain and Cold, oh my!
We marveled at the timbers in the East Glacier Lodge and we soaked in the sun and ambiance of their front porch. The sun didn’t last long. Headwinds were fierce but we plodded along up highway 2. The continental divide … Read the rest
Finally Montana
We killed time by walking down to Portland’s famous River City Cycles. Unfortunately a pipe burst and flooded their shop. They tried to turn us away but Brent passed their serious cyclist quiz and got us all in for a … Read the rest
Getting to Portlandia
We met a nice fellow at the Amtrak breakfast table named Peter Hoss. He’s a retired lawyer and recently wrote a book “Born in Yosemite “. Of course I asked him his best lawyer joke (but I can’t repeat it). … Read the rest
Slow ride (Amtrak style)
Thanks Karen and Steve for giving us a ride to the train station and Karen’s tasty cookies. Thanks Natalie for the nice beverages. Thanks Ed for seeing us off on our journey to Portland.
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Our trip to Montana starts tomorrow
I think we have all our stuff ready. This time, Drew is joining us instead of Steve.
Our train leaves from SB to Portland at 12:40pm
Below is a photo of what I’m packing:
I’ll update it later with my … Read the rest
Last day of riding
Sorry, My last post that I did on the train didn’t work. I’m not sure if it was a technology error or user error (me).
We got an early start to make sure we had enough time to catch our … Read the rest
Timothy lake to Detroit lake
We enjoyed the desolation and downhills of forest road 42 and 46. I got my top speed of 40mph on the road down to the hot springs. Brent got the last spot in the hot tub and the rest of … Read the rest
Timberline to Timothy Lake
We descended from Timberline down into the cold wet cloud of Government Camp. Bellingham Bob , whom we met on our trip last year, came down to meet us for breakfast at Huckleberry inn. He gave us 22.5 lbs of … Read the rest
Hood River to Timberline Lodge
As mentioned we stayed at a local families house in their spacious basement. Hood River was friendly and reminded me of San Luis Obispo. We headed down highway 35 and stopped at another nice fruit stand combo B&B. We were … Read the rest
The Oregon Trail
Everything feels better after 2 beers at the Full Sail brewery. We started the day with a grade that was so steady at 13% with 2000ft of climbing that it made our favorite hills in Santa Barbara seem like roller … Read the rest
“I don’t even know how we got here!”
Steve sums up the day by saying “I don’t even know how I got here”. Well Steve…We rode 100 miles from Paradise to Swift Reservoir with 5055 ft of climbing. We began by bundling up for a ride down from … Read the rest
Paradise is not an exaggeration!
We rode 37 miles yesterday. We got sidetracked for breakfast at Side Track cafe in Elbe. we noticed Jackie’s java. We stopped at an outdoor iron and wood gallery all from one prolific man. I was inspired by jack Meyer’s … Read the rest
Big day!
Oddly we had trouble finding a coffee shop open in Seattle at 6:30 so we got ours at the homeless McDonalds downtown. We rode on the waterfront of lake Washington and enjoyed a hearty breakfast at Tommy’s (not chili burgers). … Read the rest