A wonderful ride was the plan for Saturday. We popped the road bikes on the car and away we went to Champoeg State Park. We decided on a 30-mile ride along a river road in an agricultural area south of Portland, we found the ride on Blueberry Rides.
The day was great. We started our ride at the Park and quickly realized that agriculture is vast in the area. There were these strange vines that were really tall - almost looked like ivy leaves. They were strapped to wires as high as telephone poles. We still don't know exactly what they were but they were everywhere. We also saw lettuce, flowers, berries, hay, alfalfa, apricots and so much we didn't have a clue of what it was.
The sky was a combination of puffy clouds, blue patches and bright sunshine. The temperature was perfect in the low 70's. We came across a church in St. Louis built in 1846 with the old cemetary directly behind. Once our legs had reached the 33 mile marker, we found our way to a winery about 2 miles from the park entrance and purchased a bottle of wine and sat outside enjoyed the remainder of the afternoon.
*Rest of the evening*
When we got home we both showered and sat around for an hour or so. Then we decided to take the town bikes out to dinner. We rode the trail down to Montage for a drink and made our way up Hawthorne to Aqui for Fish Tacos. We pedaled home along the river and realized we were both a bit tired after about 45 miles of riding.
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