May 22nd, 54 miles to Forest Grove


A wet start today. My bike was fixed and back from the shop. I had contacted a former boss of mine and set up a meeting for 3pm in afternoon. So overall plan was to cycle down to West Linn first to meet with Rajeev and then to ride from there to west of Portland.

The day started overcast with a light rain. It really didn’t change much at all. Given a 3pm meeting I waited until the 11am motel checkout time before getting on the road. This was my first case of cycling with the trailer. Overall it handled well. The wheel tracks very closely to the normal back wheel. I can feel a bit more drag but overall it doesn’t change handling much other than having bike be a little slower.

First 11 miles were mostly on a bike trail along I-205. In addition to rain, there was also a cold wind from the south. Fortunately, generated just enough heat so was comfortable. At 11 miles was the Clackamas Town Center mall. Stopped here for lunch and also looked around the mall until shortly before 2pm. Nice to be dry and inside. At 2pm I then cycled down to West Linn via Oregon City. Here is was nice to catch up with Rajeev and we talked until about 4:30pm.

I’d cycled 18 miles and still had a ways to go. Fortunately, Oregon has nice long summer days. The road via Lake Oswego was busier and after this there was some hill to climb over to Tigard. After Tigard I was on familiar terrain as this was also route I cycled before on way to Frys store. The rain still continued but without too much difficulty came back into Beaverton and then turned west towards Hillsboro on OR-8. This was larger road but with reasonable shoulder. In Hillsboro I got turned around and had several extra miles before I asked and got onto OR 8 again. Here it was riding west and via Cornelius and then into Forest Grove. Was a bit hungry, cold and wet but had a good day overall and nice to be back on the road again.

Garmin

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