Southerly Ladies October Ride

 

Three riders were quickly caught by our fourth lady, on a fixed gear no less.  We headed south on the Trolley Trail and enjoyed taking a quick tour of the new style MAX trains and snacked on some treats provided by Trimet before heading over to Aldercrest.

We enjoyed our typical route, swinging by the little lake at Johnson City and riding down the 205 path to the high rocks bridge over the Clackamas River.  After a quick snack, we headed back to the 205 path and exited at Strawberry Lane to go find some Clacky cut-throughs.  

Our exploration into a defunct fish hatchery was fun but didn't go through, so we went around to the other side to see what's what. Nothing is what's what!  

Back to 82nd Drive and Tolbert and up to Mount Talbert.  Our plan was to ride the path up Mount Talbert but the signage made it pretty clear bikes are not allowed, plus just getting to the trailhead was quite a climb!

Back to the Sunrise Bike Path and 205 for a minute before heading over to the wrong side of the tracks single track.  Went by CostCo, not feeling envious of the mob of shoppers there, we made our way to the path near Mt Scott Creek.  "We're mountain bikers now!"  Onward to the network of cool weird paths near Furnberg Park, up the newly improved Linwood and back to the Springwater Trail.

Peel offs and goodbyes and see ya next month!