Headed out just after 8, rode 36 miles, took a short solar shower, moved to a shaded spot I found during the ride, fixed dinner, cleaned up, typed this, and soon to go to bed.
Tomorrow is another early AM ride. I have a massage @ 3:00 hopefully to fix this bursitis. Meeting Les for a ride on Sat @ Hood River.
Update: never got poison oak from Umpqua.
Up & at it for drive to Bend. Stopped in La Pine for church laundry. Bike clothes that are line dried are mostly dried out from hanging all day on line in back of van. HOT. 90 degs in town.
Made the bike shop rounds. reported the Specialized shoes blowing apart, need to call ahead to a store in Hood River for a pair. Bought another pair of brake pads from Sunnyside from the order for me. At Web Cyclery I swapped the chain ring and bought a Kenda Nevegal 2.1 for the rear replacing the Specialized captain as I cut the side wall. Guy at store told of 20% unemployment & scary depressed house prices.
Drove out to where I camped before near Phil’s TH. Going to do abig ride early in Am before too hot. Tomorrow is some kind of big road bike event.
Meeting w/ Les this weekend in Hood River, will ride w/ him between his playing on the river.
What a penalty shot for not being able to ride lowest section of trail, what in the poison oak and all. To me this part of the trail is the most representative of the NUT. How many riders ride it more than once when they come here to ride the trail? Two timer Craig.
Slept in this AM. Didn’t put out the alarm clock to check on time. No clock, no guilty feeling of sleeping in. Usually up by 7:00.
Today is just D & T and gravel logging road slog back to beer. Dropped in on trail just after it crosses a canal carrying the diverted Umpqua to a forebay above a penstock above a generator. That’s how the water is converted to air conditioning. Didn’t notice USFS yellow signs stating that the trail is closed. Trail again all to myself. Hit exit trail about 2 miles upstream of flooded section and I did not see the closed signs. Good! The water is down, yes? Arrived @ flooded section and it was still flooded. Waded thru mud & almost knee deep running water to other side. I noticed some recent beaver cuts and wondered how they were helping the situation. Adventurous beaver as river is too powerful to dam and it flows in a steep canyon. Hard go for beavers to have gotten themselves to.
I raised my seat about 1/8in and moved it back just a tad. I sat the seat without having to slide back & forth. My pedal stroke was still strong. I noticed the difference on road ride back.
Van and solar shower were in shadows when I returned. I moved the shower to a sunny spot. I stretched. Jeff Hart, I tortured my IT band w/ the foam roll which I hadn’t used in ages. Left knee pain was silenced. However the bursitis in my right hip burns and the right knee has issues.
I decided on a rest day tomorrow so no Thielson. I will head back to Bend stopping @ church laundromat in La Pine. Next hang spot is Hood River. Les, pipe up and join me for a ride.
I get so dehydrated here, the desert wasn’t as hard. I drink what to me appears to be sufficient fluids ( just 1 beer) but the tale of pee color says not enough.
