The trip is over and it was great fun. Once again we totally lucked out with the weather which except for the heat of the first day was cool and pleasant with tailwinds almost every day. The BikeR is a super bike for riding in the hills and I am very pleased with it. Jim and Kay even tried it out at the end of the ride. I still owe Sally and Doug a ride on it. The ride name was originally going to be the 'Unplanned Ride' but it was too well organized (by Sally, Kay and Jim) and somehow the name just didn't fit. So I changed it to the '3 Badger Ride' in honor of the 3 badgers we saw at different times on the ride. This is 3 more badgers than I have ever seen. After the ride Sally & I again stayed in Cramalot Inn on the Ratliff's basketball court. The next morning we ate breakfast with Adele in Cramalot Inn which we had set up behind Adele's place and then headed back to Oregon City.
Trip Facts:
Total mileage - 245 miles
Total altitude gain - 12,110 ft
Most flats - Sally - 3
Highest speed - Bill - 44 mph
Most bee stings - Sally - 1 yellowjacket on pinkie
Most bike crashes - we didn't have any
Best sag driver - Jim
Best cook - Jim
Best fisherman - Jim
Best first time rider of BikeR - Kay
Person who got the wettest in a sprinkler - Sally
Best comments to being filmed on bike - Kay
Best sleeper on the edge of a hammock - Kay
Loudest snorer - Jim
Animals seen by someone in the group - 3 badgers (1 smushed, 2 alive), many deer, brook trout, white faced ibis, several coyote's, white throated swifts, yellow meadowlark, golden eagle, bald eagle, great blue heron, antelope, toad (not a frog!) ...
1 comment:
That was a great commentary on your bike trip.... sure made me wish I were there with you all, tho!
Peggy
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