Saturday, June 22, 2013

Second day of summer (Day One)

After a day of rest and preparation on the solstice, we escaped Portland at a leisurely pace today. Under blue skies, along with many other cyclists, we rode along the mighty Columbia to Cascade Locks. Just before Crown Point, at a stop to admire brassica seedlings, we ran into a renowned PSU biology professor. Thanks for the departure photo Luis!
Many waterfalls (and miles) later, at the East Wind Drive-in at Cascade Locks, we found free and irresponsibly large soft serve ice cream cones which overfueled us three more miles to our Herman Creek outskirts campsite. There we traversed an exceptionally lichened boulder field to enjoy the golden hour, waving our hands at lazy clouds of mosquitoes.

6 comments:

  1. Great pictures! The last 3 lichen ones are exceptionally beautiful. Hope you didn't get too sunburned on such a sunny summer day.

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  2. Agreed, great pictures! I like the one of the rock that looks like a dinosaur! Beautiful weather too! :)

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  3. Didn't you run into Keith as you we're leaving for your last trip and he took your departure photo?

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    1. It's true! Must be tradition to run into someone we know as we're leaving...

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  4. Didn't you run into Keith as you we're leaving for your last trip and he took your departure photo?

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