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| Morning light on some of the hills |
I knew that today's ride would be shorter, since the wind was forecast to really start blowing from the west. And blow it did.
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| That's not normal |
Apparently, the weather was perfect for windsurfing. I stopped to talk to a couple people getting ready to go out on the water, and one remarked as I rode up that
that (biking) didn't look like fun. On the Columbia, there were dozens of windsurfers riding the waves.
I struggled to stay upright on the bike, but I would have struggled more on a board, I'm sure. Stopping for lunch in Lyle gave me some energy to push onward, and I ended up by white-knuckling it over the grated Bridge of the Gods into Cascade Locks, Oregon. I'll reach Rob and Catherine's place in Portland tomorrow, unless there's an all-day special on breakfast burritos in town here. Or discount pedicures. Or a spa catering to exhausted bikers.
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| Looking eastward on the Columbia River |
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| Not a whole lot of level ground |
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| Notice how the Washington highway budget shrinks... |
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