217 miles Today was a scavenger hunt where you could ride alone or in a group. At dinner last night, our table basically decided that we would all ride together. Our philosophy was that we wanted to visit as many sites as possible but we wanted to see them to…

270 miles Today was all about group riding. In the morning, we all rode together to lunch. In the afternoon, after lunch we rode the first part of the route together and then split into two groups for a road route and an off-road route. The morning route from the…

224 miles I’d chosen Pendleton as a stopping point because it would give me an easy ride into Stevenson the next day. What didn’t realize is that it would take me in along the Columbia Gorge. Wow, what beautiful ride! As I was riding along the highway, I started to…

548 miles My day started with a bit of panic. I could not find my panniers’ key. Turns out I had left the key in the lock overnight. Truth be told, I had bought a spare key that won’t start the bike, it has a proximity sensor, for exactly this…