ryan good

The Cascade Ale House in Cascade Locks has better food than the Char-Burger. Doesn't have the views, but the food is better and it's usually less crowded.

On Monday, October 28, 2013 12:01 PM, Susan Otcenas wrote:


>>So if you have never ridden the BOG
loop, get out there and do it before the weather gets to
ugly
 
Ugly
Schmugly.  ;-)  We rode the entire loop nearly all in the rain
yesterday and still had a blast.  Jeff is right though; if you haven't
ridden the loop before, it's beautiful (even in the rain!) especially on the
Oregon side, though the views from Cape Horn make braving WA14 well worth
it. 
 
As a
randonneur, October is my offseason, when I ride off the clock for pleasure
and really good coffee.  ;-)      Well placed
warm-up-with-coffee spots include Caffe Piccolo Paradiso in Camas (at 3rd &
Birch), the reasonably well stocked store at Skamania, the
kitschy-yet-convenient Charburger in Cascade Locks with just average food but
really lovely riverside views of the Bridge of the Gods, and an
espresso/pastry stand at Multnomah Falls.
 
The
steel-grated Bridge of the Gods disappears below you as you ride acroos it,
making you feel like you are flying.   It's a toll-bridge (50 cents
for bikes, I think), but the awesome couple in the Jeep in front of us paid the
toll for the four of us on bikes behind him.  WoW!   That's the
second time someone has done that for me at that bridge, and it always makes me
feel a little better about the world.  :-)
 
For
those who've not ridden it, here's a GPS link of the route.  We like to
start and end at McMenamin's Edgefield, both for the convenient parking and a
place to change clothes and have a the beer at the end of the ride. 
82 miles.
 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/3545098
 
Susan
 
 
 
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________________________________
From: Jeff Tedder
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Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013
11:10 AM
To: Susan Otcenas; orrando@orrandonneurs.org;
seattlerando@googlegroups.com; CycleOregon@yahoogroups.com;
obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] The NEW section of the
Columbia River Bike path

Yes we did it a week ago last Saturday and
ran into the samething, but went through the trail closesure block and rode it,
saw some workers along the way almost to the parking lot at Warrendale but they
did not give us to much problem.....and yes it is a great alternative to 84 for
sure.....So if you have never ridden the BOG loop, get out there and do it
before the weather gets to ugly...: )
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Otcenas
>To: orrando@orrandonneurs.org ; seattlerando@googlegroups.com ; CycleOregon@yahoogroups.com ; obra@list.obra.org
>Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 10:45 AM
>Subject: [OBRA Chat] The NEW section of the Columbia River Bike path
>
>
>Hello all,
> 
>As you probably know, the missing trail gap section between Warrendale and Bonneville that required cyclists to ride Highway 84 has been under construction for some time.  While there was a "grand opening" a few months or so ago, the trail was officially closed immediately afterwards for them to actually finish the work.
> 
>Yesterday, I did the Bridge of the Gods loop and got to ride the new trail section.  Sure enough the Trail Closed (actually, it said "road closed", but whatever) sign is still up, but the path is completely finished and 100% rideable.  Near as I could tell, they are just finishing up the last of the landscape plantings.
> 
>The trail is gorgeous, wide, smooth and a 1,458,928% improvement (I calculated it precisely, using proven scientific methods) over riding on the freeway.   The undercrossing of 84 has two switchbacks and is a little steep (though less steep than the switchbacks at Top Hill on the Banks-Vernonai Trail, as a comparison, and with better turning radius.).  The new trail section on the south side of the freeway is well graded, and features a brand new bike/ped only bridge over the creek.
> 
>Allof the road work up around Crown Point is done as well, with the road repaved and as smooth as silk.  Soooo nice.  I was a little dismayed, though, so see the road "slumping" and cracks forming in the pavement on the steeper section between Crown Point and Women's Forum, in the uphill direction.  That does not bode well....
> 
>Susan
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