Cycle Oregon: Springfield, Brownsville, Coburg and back. (Click for Video)
Kathy and I cycled Oregon today. We rode 70.25 miles in 90 degree temperatures. It was great. The best way to spend a sunday. Watch and if you want directions email us. rick@rickdancer.com
Cycling Oregon; Brownsville to Corvallis…….and back.(video)
Kathy bought me a new camera for my birthday so we can record our bike rides to who to you guys. This ride was on July 3rd and went from Brownsville to Corvallis and back. It was 50 miles total and very doable for most riders. The best part is lunch and the rural roads that most of us have never driven. Take a couple minutes to watch the video and if you’d like to go on the ride, email us we can send you the directions.
HWY 242 Bike Ride 2010
I love to ride my bicycle.
McKenzie River Ride.
Okay, you want to go on a tough bike ride that takes you to some of the most beautiful scenery in the state, we’ve got the ride for you. Before you go, stop by Hideaway Bakery, behind Mazzi’s, and buy their fig rolls. Cut them in half, put peanut butter and jelly on them and you’ve got your lunch.
If you go before Wednesday, you won’t have to deal with traffic. The road is closed for the winter and opens mid to late June. Cyclists know this and when the snow melts, head to the top, to the Dee Wright Observatory. It’s a 50-mile ride and it’s tough. 5200 feet of climbing. It’s one of the greatest rides Kathy and I have ever done.
242 is the old the old McKenzie River Hwy. It’s curvy, it’s beautiful and it’s great.
We start at the McKenzie River Ranger Station and ride up. You only have to ride a couple of miles on HWY 126. You ride about 11 miles up to the gate and then you are free. Take lots of water, you don’t need a map because there are no turns. We have had riders run into bear before. (Not literally run into bear but saw one). The ride is 5o miles but half of that is downhill. Still plan to burn about 2500 calories on your adventure (and that means lots of food later). We don’t just ride, we look and it took us about 4 hours. As you can see, Kathy and I stop off at
Takoda’s Pizza place on the way down, have a couple of diet Pepsi’s (I know it’s bad for you but after 50 miles who cares) and then we head home for burrito’s, beer and a movie.
Cycling Oregon; Drain to Oakland (Click here for video)
There is nothing like it in the world. Cycling the state to see the sites and hear the sounds in a way you can’t experience them from a car. Even when the window is rolled down it is not the same thing. Yesterday Kathy and some friends and I went on a bike ride from Drain, Oregon to Oakland, Oregon. The Fall Leaves were turning, the air was cool and fresh and these are a few of the pictures we shot on our trip.
Mitchell Oregon Trip
Just got back from a trip to Mitchell, Oregon. I’ll have more about the trip but it was part of a job I’m hired to do for Gubernatorial Candidate Allen Alley. Check out the pictures. I’ll have more on Allen and the trip, later.
The Fruit Loop; Not what you think. Click Here (Cycle)
Last weekend Kathy and I went on “The Fruit Loop.” I suppose some of you are thinking, “How perfect for you Rick, you must have felt right at home.” Very funny. The Fruit Loop is a cycle route (or car) that travels along the canyons of Mt Hood and down through orchards and fruit trees to Hood River. It is beautiful and a pretty tough ride. We started at the top and came down first. We did this to save gas. What we forgot (note to self) is you have to go back up the five mile hill to get to the car. We bought more water on this trip than we’ve ever bought before. We even stopped in a farmers field to run through the sprinklers.
