Susan Otcenas
Yup, 50 cents. http://portofcascadelocks.org/bridge-of-the-gods/
Or "free", if you ride behind really nice folks in Jeeps. :-)
Susan
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From: Jeff Tedder [mailto:sharkattack97219@peoplepc.com]
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 12:31 PM
To: fitzbase@comcast.net; Susan Otcenas
Cc: orrando@orrandonneurs.org; seattlerando@googlegroups.com;
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Subject: Re: [ORRando] [OBRA Chat] The NEW section of the Columbia
RiverBike path
yes, the older lady in the booth never charged us for the last several
years, now she has not been around the last few times we went through
and now we get charged .50 a rider.....no biggy, don't mind paying 50
cents to ride across, its the stopping and digging the money out : )
thats a pain....
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From: fitzbase@comcast.net
To: Susan Otcenas
Cc: Jeff Tedder ;
orrando@orrandonneurs.org ; seattlerando@googlegroups.com ;
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Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 12:13 PM
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wait, what, the toll is back? Scum! .50 for a bike? 1.00 for
a car? Excuse me?
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From: "Susan Otcenas"
To: "Jeff Tedder" ,
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Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 12:00:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ORRando] [OBRA Chat] The NEW section of the
Columbia River Bike path
>>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 [mailto:sharkattack97219@peoplepc.com]
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 11:10 AM
To: Susan Otcenas; orrando@orrandonneurs.org;
seattlerando@googlegroups.com; CycleOregon@yahoogroups.com;
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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...: )
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From: Susan Otcenas
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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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