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Ride Day #7 Moxee Dairy to Othello WA
Temperature of 44° at 0855 leaving Moxee Dairy made a stop at Home Depot to buy safety vests instead of safety jackets. They wanted a warm-up of 10 miles to start the day. After a break they wanted another 10 miles. I’m guessing g the speed on this part will be quite a bit slower.…
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Ride Day #6. Silver Beach Resort to Moxee Dairy
When they started it was about 37° with NO precipitation. There wasn’t any cell signal either but Alan started his tracking in hopes it would log it when he hit signal. At the first break at about 10 miles in they wanted more so I went another 12. That leaves maybe 5 miles left on…
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Ride Day #5 Packwood to Silver Beach Resort
Day 5. Packwood OR to a little past White Pass. 30 miles 3854 feet of climb. Temps in the 30s, snowing heavy at times..and a dominant headwind. It’s a ride for the memory books. Google says there is a moderate hill today. when this was told to the locals they laughed! Buck got his speaker…
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Ride Day #4 Ethel to Packwood
We were scheduled to stop at Kelly’s Kountry Kafe for breakfast. Google maps said it was closed. They guys dressed to start riding. When we arrived we were surprised to see Kelly’s was open & Nonna was in there. We were filled with knowledge again including studded tires are required on White Pass. The discussion…
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Ride Day #3 Kelso WA to Ethel WA
The weather for the week looks a little damp. A decision to ride today was going to be made prior to 0630. Alan said at least it’s mostly flat today. With a temperature of 46°and a discussion & NO Plan they decided I was to meet them about 8 miles up the road for further…
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Ride Day #2 Astoria OR to Kelso WA
We woke up to clear skies and a temperature of 39°. Today is scheduled to be only a 42 mile ride. They have one hill with a 6% grade for 1 1/2 miles that they are joking at. They are thinking they may ride more than expected in the north weather today as rain is…
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Ride Day #1 Fort Stevens to Astoria OR
The boys are planning to see Lewis & Clark National Monument, Fort Stevens State Park and then begin riding. A short 12 miles is scheduled but it’s written in sand. While the guys were getting dressed one of them stated that this isn’t going to work, “I’ve got my wife’s biking shorts!” They made the…
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Travel Day #2
“We are on no time schedule”. Breakfast opened at. 6:30.& we left the hotel at 0700. The plate of cookies was handed to Alan frOM the back seat to the front seat. The plate was tapped In his shoulder and he hit it like a Northern Pike on a Daredevil! “I think the reality will…
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Travel Day #1
We thought we might leave at 0600 but we left at 0630 instead. We made a stop for gas somewhere in NE. After we filled up we got a couple of miles down the road and there was a crashing sound. About 1:30 local we made it this far & NO Snow yet. The APRS…
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