Had to take a week off to get some things done, plus I got a new ISP because my old one went up $30/month and it took some time to get everything working the same again. Anyways, today started out a bit rough. It wasn't anything to do with commuting, but I did an awesome trail this weekend and my legs were still a bit out of it. A picture from my ride is below.
The ride to work was not too bad, except having to climb the hill. That was painful. I did hit every light green, which is the first time since I started riding my bike. Yay! I read the bikeportland.org blog daily, and found out today that the lower level of the Steel Bridge will be closed until at least Wednesday. Ugh! I contemplated this all day long trying to figure out what the best way home is. I finally decided that I would ride the East Bank Esplande on the east side of the Willamette down to the Hawthorne Bridge. As I was riding, I thought that maybe I could take the Morrison Bridge. I've never ridden it before and decided to see if I could get to the bridge from the path. Sure enough, there was a nice ramp to ride up, and I completely avoided Naito Parkway. I've had too many close calls on Naito to really enjoy that part of my ride. It also seemed that I got to the train stop faster. I think I found a new route to ride. I will have to GPS it to see how far it is. I think it is about the same, and I won't change my weekly distance much (50 - 75 miles/week).
The picture is from the southeast side of Mt. St. Helens on the Ape Canyon/Plains of Abraham ride. It was 11.5 miles each way. Looking back, I'm glad I rode all the way to the Windy Ridge Viewpoint, but I won't do it again. There is a very ugly spot called the steps. It took all of the fun out of that part of the ride. Next time I'm turning around on the Plains of Abraham. The picture was taken just as the clouds were finally breaking up. I didn't realize how close we were to the mountain until the clouds broke up. It really surprised me.
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