Evidence of the forest fire in OR

You can see the smoke from the still smoldering forest fire next to the Umpqua River in OR. This road had been closed the week before due to the fire. This was less than a 1/2 mile from our accommodations.

--K of Kobag

Burnt tree cut next to road

This photo was taken on the road we were cycling on the last day of the bike trip. Trees had been cut by the firefighters and had landed on the road. Trucks subsequently came through and pushed them off to the side of the road... some were still smoldering.

--K of Kobag

Fly fishing in comfort

What else can I say?

--K of Kobag

Personal bests

Peg and Susan celebrate personal bests with 70 miles in one day. Woohoo!

--K of Kobag

Fire at steamboat

This photo was taken less than 1/4 mile from the inn. This was part of a major backfire burn causing an evacuation the previous week. Smoke was evident in the canyons -- I expect the PM 2.5 levels were quite high.

--K of Kobag

Kobag minus Peg

Friday night at the hotel, post-trip. Missing Peg, Art, and Sharon. Tomorrow we'll spend the day in Portland, then fly home.

Crater Lake at dusk from the lodge

Had a grand day of climbing up to the crater and going 3/4 around, down to the pinnacles (like the hoodoos in Bryce canyon but ghostly gray). Rather than climb up again for 6 miles, we took a lift up and cycled our last 10 miles to the night's lodging at Mazama, this is where we had dinner at the lodge. There have been meteor showers for the last 2 nights but no one has seem them as we've been too tired to get up at midnight.

--K of Kobag

Voodoos of Crater Lake

First touch

Mt Washington and Mt Jefferson

At the top of McKenzie pass -- after a 32 mile climb.

--K of Kobag

Bike Trip Maps

Day 1 - Pinots and Pedals
Along the Aufderheide
High Desert Hop
Climb to the Crater
Delightful Downhill
Along the Umpqua

--Mark

Susan hits the links

Susan spotting mule deer on the Meadows course.

Mark at the lava field

Turned in the tandem, turned in the bike friday, borrowed the leader's bike and surged to the front.

Peg at the 32 mile point

She did it!

Covered bridge

On the way up McKenzie Pass -- we were the first bikers up the pass. It opened that morning!

--K of Kobag

Mark and stoker 3 -- Kitty

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Mark and stoker 2 -- Katie

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Mark and first stoker Susan

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Start of day two- Covered Bridge

We started today at the lovely covered bridge at Westfir , complete with separate pedestrian walkway. From there it was a 60 mile ride with a 2500 ft climb at the 30 mile marker. At the top we had a great lunch which everyone just inhaled, followed by a 30 mile downhill to Mckenzie River. I'm sitting on the porch about 30 ft from the river with bull trout and a few salmon (according to resident flora/fauna expert Peg), sipping a beer before dinner. More pix to follow.

--K of Kobag

Shark bites

Peg is asking how she is to get rid of shark bites -- see right calf.

--K of Kobag

King's Estate Vineyard

Lunch and day 1 starting point. K of kobag buys a bottle of Pinot noir for later this week.

--K of Kobag