RR: Quick trip to Forest Park

And what country is Forest Park in? Looks rather tropical almost.

BB said:

Although its only five miles from my house, I haven't really posted a lot of pics of my local park
(Forest Park). I've been enjoying some of the recent offerings, so I thought I'd add some of my
own. Timing's a little tricky, as I was solo & had to abide by the camera timer.

BB said:

Although its only five miles from my house, I haven't really posted a lot of pics of my local park
(Forest Park). I've been enjoying some of the recent offerings, so I thought I'd add some of my
own. Timing's a little tricky, as I was solo & had to abide by the camera timer.

First, my new bike carrier (Bill Porter can attest to the lack of comfort of my last one):

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I'm looking at those subes, too. Seem to have it all.

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It was as dark as that looked. It was 3:45pm! Such is autumn in Oregon.

A fast descent provided little opportunity for pictures. At the bottom is a bit of singletrack
with dry creek crossings. This, my friends, is Newton ROAD (or maybe firelane 10, I never have
figured out what this section actually is): bbauer.gomen.orgnewton road.jpgOpen ↗

It looked like this last May: bbauer.gomen.orgnewton creek.jpgOpen ↗

I love pics that make me look faster than I really am: bbauer.gomen.orgzippity.jpgOpen ↗

very cool shot.

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Negotiating the way back: bbauer.gomen.orgnegotiating.jpgOpen ↗

What goes up must come down (or vice versa, in this case). The usual caveat applies, "its steeper
than it looks", though mostly I'm getting ready for the steeper section coming up. The traditional
"crouching tiger" position, with obligatory grimace:

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another cool action shot. But I have to ask, what're those things that stand up out of the ground
and look like they're growing or something? This is an awesome time of cool, quiet, riding. Neat
colors. And if it was a solo, who took the action shots? Remote control? Grizzly?

Paladin

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With another mile of climbing yet to go, there was no need for the jacket at that point (temps in
the 40s started to feel pretty good).

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Nice...Forest Park is Kewl!!

NM. Reread and noted Oregon. Still looks moist as hell though.

Destroy said:

And what country is Forest Park in? Looks rather tropical almost.

BB said:

Although its only five miles from my house, I haven't really posted a lot of pics of my local
park (Forest Park). I've been enjoying some of the recent offerings, so I thought I'd add some of
my own. Timing's a little tricky, as I was solo & had to abide by the camera timer.

Destroy said:

And what country is Forest Park in? Looks rather tropical almost.

The Republic of Oregon. :-)

I think its technically a "temperate rain forest". Lotsa moss.

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Paladin said:

I'm looking at those subes, too. Seem to have it all.

They were nearly giving away the ones with stick shifts when I found this one - five grand below
invoice. Amazing that people can't drive stick anymore. Also amazing how sluggish they were with
automatics.

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another cool action shot. But I have to ask, what're those things that stand up out of the ground
and look like they're growing or something?

Ah, how soon you drylanders forget. I'm surprised you didn't ask what that wet stuff flowing along
the ground was, too.

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This is an awesome time of cool, quiet, riding. Neat colors. And if it was a solo, who took the
action shots? Remote control? Grizzly?

Just vatchin the blinkin lichten und good timing. And a bit of dumb luck. I also had a few shots of
just my front wheel barely making it into the picture. Just running from the camera and getting my
bike going as fast as I could was a good workout (it only has a 10-second timer). I'm pretty sure I
grumbled a number of times about how nice a remote control would have been!

Fall rides are especially nice here - they're like an unexpected gift. It should be raining like
gangbusters this time of year, but we have dry trails today. Gotta love that!

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BB said:

First, my new bike carrier (Bill Porter can attest to the lack of comfort of my last one):

You made Porter ride on the *rack*? Cold.

gabrielle

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Although its only five miles from my house, I haven't really posted a lot of pics of my local park
(Forest Park).

Hey I grew up in Forest Park. (GA, that is 🙂

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A fast descent provided little opportunity for pictures. At the bottom is a bit of singletrack
with dry creek crossings. This, my friends, is Newton ROAD (or maybe firelane 10, I never have
figured out what this section actually is): bbauer.gomen.orgnewton road.jpgOpen ↗

Pretty tough looking road there!

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I love pics that make me look faster than I really am: bbauer.gomen.orgzippity.jpgOpen ↗

Damn you're quick!

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Negotiating the way back: bbauer.gomen.orgnegotiating.jpgOpen ↗

Hope the negotiations didn't break down, and you had a walk out on your hands. (O.k, that was bad
wasn't it :-)

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What goes up must come down (or vice versa, in this case). The usual caveat applies, "its steeper
than it looks", though mostly I'm getting ready for the steeper section coming up. The traditional
"crouching tiger" position, with obligatory grimace:

bbauer.gomen.orgcrouching.jpgOpen ↗

With another mile of climbing yet to go, there was no need for the jacket at that point (temps in
the 40s started to feel pretty good).

Still looks pretty lush up that way. I imagine you guys don't have that many good days left for
riding huh? Damn fine pics, congrats on winning the battle with the timer.

Dave (yep, very nice indeed!)

Mike Rogers said:

Nice...Forest Park is Kewl!!

Its really kind of the low-end of trail quality here, but its not bad to have something right near
the house. Usually I just ride up to it, but I was in a hurry today.

Good bike-related post, BTW.

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gabrielle said:

BB said:

First, my new bike carrier (Bill Porter can attest to the lack of comfort of my last one):

You made Porter ride on the *rack*? Cold.

Hehe. Nah, we just had to cram three dudes into a small pickup. No A/C in mid-summer, and a stick
shift in the middle to boot. I agreed to let him & his bud cram in there as long as he sat on the
other guy's side (with typical wisecracks about Navy guys and such). And he really did sit on that
side (sort of on that other guy) for the whole drive. It was all the way to Amboy (and a bit more),
so not a short drive!

But we had a ride that was pretty outstanding, and I treated them to some Portland Ale to
top it off.

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Dave W said:

Still looks pretty lush up that way. I imagine you guys don't have that many good days left for
riding huh?

Probably just this weekend...if we're lucky. Its pretty seasonal here. Riding weather in the summer
is about as perfect as anyone could ask for.

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Paladin said:

I'm looking at those subes, too. Seem to have it all.

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Ah, how soon you drylanders forget. I'm surprised you didn't ask what that wet stuff flowing along
the ground was, too.

Well, Mr. Smartypants, we actually had water in our creek beds for a rare treat. Makes getting
soaked at below freezing temperatures a treat for the rest of the ride. No overheating here.

And I don't know if anybody noticed or cared, but I've done a handful of below freezing rides now
with just these basic Fly Racing full fingered gloves. Not insulated, but they break the wind fairly
well (like me?) and give my fingers room to wiggle in the xl. I usually take my ski gloves in the
pack, just in case, but haven't needed them.

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This is an awesome time of cool, quiet, riding. Neat colors. And if it was a solo, who took the
action shots? Remote control? Grizzly?

Just vatchin the blinkin lichten und good timing. And a bit of dumb luck. I also had a few shots
of just my front wheel barely making it into the picture. Just running from the camera and getting
my bike going as fast as I could was a good workout (it only has a 10-second timer). I'm pretty
sure I grumbled a number of times about how nice a remote control would have been!

I figgerd after re-reading your post that you must have just been getting lucky with the timer. Good
colors on your camera, too.

There's a huge area to the south of us, the Owyhee mtn range, that is really dramatic and remote
that I've wanted to explore, but will probably miss this Saturday's group exploration/ride due to my
dad coming into town from WA.

Paladin

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Mike Rogers said:

Nice...Forest Park is Kewl!!

Its really kind of the low-end of trail quality here, but its not bad to have something right near
the house. Usually I just ride up to it, but I was in a hurry today.

Good bike-related post, BTW.

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Keillor

Haven't rode there, but hike it every time I get to Portland. Amazing vistas and you can't beat the
Japanese gardens

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Dave W said:

Still looks pretty lush up that way. I imagine you guys don't have that many good days left for
riding huh?

Probably just this weekend...if we're lucky. Its pretty seasonal here. Riding weather in the
summer is about as perfect as anyone could ask for.

Definetly would love to get up to the great Pacific N.W. sometime in the future. Looks
fantastic...You guys are extremely blessed to have all those fine looking riding areas. Ah,
perhaps someday.

Dave (Color me green!)

Mike Rogers said:

Haven't rode there, but hike it every time I get to Portland. Amazing vistas and you can't beat
the Japanese gardens

Most of the riding is lame; all singletrack is off-limits. But northwest of Germantown road (~10
miles of fireroad from town), much of the fireroad is overgrown to the point of being almost like
singletrack. Its hellishly steep, and rarely used.

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Definetly would love to get up to the great Pacific N.W. sometime in the future. Looks
fantastic...You guys are extremely blessed to have all those fine looking riding areas. Ah,
perhaps someday.

Dave (Color me green!)

Yeah, the rain is a LOT worse than the humidity down south

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Definetly would love to get up to the great Pacific N.W. sometime in the future. Looks
fantastic...You guys are extremely blessed to have all those fine looking riding areas. Ah,
perhaps someday.

Dave (Color me green!)

Yeah, the rain is a LOT worse than the humidity down south

very funny.

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gabrielle said:

BB said:

First, my new bike carrier (Bill Porter can attest to the lack of comfort of my last one):

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But we had a ride that was pretty outstanding, and I treated them to some Portland Ale to
top it off.

What a nice new ride you have there. Oddly enough the first time I ever drove an outback was the
time before last when I was in Portland. I got it as a rental with like 14 miles or so on it. It
handled really well and was quite roomy. Too bad I was not into MTB then.

The outback has been on my potential new car list for some time now. Depends on if I am going to get
a 5th wheel or not. Outback if not, F250 if I do.

The recognize some of the trails in your pictures. Pretty darn cool to have those trails
right in town.

That ride you took us on in WA was well worth the sardine treatment to get there. Thanks again.

Bill "Not much green here, Ash we have" Porter www.mountainbikebill.com

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Definetly would love to get up to the great Pacific N.W. sometime in the future. Looks
fantastic...You guys are extremely blessed to have all those fine looking riding areas. Ah,
perhaps someday.

Yeah, the rain is a LOT worse than the humidity down south

Its true. It'll start raining soon and not let up for any length of time until April. About
mid-March, depression will set in for a lot of people, and a few sometimes become suicidal or
homocidal. The rest of us just drink lots and lots of coffee. :-)

Just like anyplace else, we learn to deal with it. We interview people in late summer so they can be
blown away by the fantastic weather, then hire them in November when the weather sucks. And we ride
a ton in the summer until our wives threaten to leave. Then the weather turns bad and we have six
months to make up for it before the spring comes.

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