Mt Hood

Monday July 4th
10 miles maybe
Sandy OR
Trip total. Almost 1100. Wahoo!!!

So Saturday we biked to within 15 miles of Government Camp, a town nearest to Mt Hood.

Finally found a place to camp on federal lands. It gets congested down this mountain all the way to Portland, so a bit more challenging finding a spot. I was ready to camp next to the ranger's station. It was a holiday weekend and they were away:)

While roaming through a museum, Fuat noticed a parallel road to Hwy 26 down off this Mtn. The Barlow Road. it was the first road cut into the Cascades for the emigrants to use to avoid going down the Columbia River Gorge. It was a toll road. And what a delight. We were able to manage missing most of the congested, scary road with idiot drivers.




Pedal on, Pedal on

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