Alder Flat Sub-24 Overnighter
It had been a few years since my last ride up the Clackamas River and a few months since my failed bike tour of the Steens. It was time to get outside, on the bike, and sleeping in the forest.
Blogging about Adventurings on the Bicycle
It had been a few years since my last ride up the Clackamas River and a few months since my failed bike tour of the Steens. It was time to get outside, on the bike, and sleeping in the forest.
What better way to break in a new bicycle than to take it on a very soggy, muddy, gritty, gravel ride for 40 miles?
It was barely a plan and it couldn’t have been nicer outside. Well, nice for me and utter-boiling for others. It was due to push over 100 degrees in Portland on this day but I don’t think it got over 99 over my entire ride. The sun was relentless, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.