What did you do on or to your other bike part 2

[pdedse]

I feel the summer days slipping by and a strong desire to get out there and ride whenever I can.  For years I've wanted to do a ride around Mt. Adams in Washington--it's the general area I was headed for when I had a flat on my DR650 last week.  I thought I'd try it again...


I got underway by 9am and by 11:00 had a first visual of Mt. Adams a few miles south of Trout Lake...it was looking kinda hazy.  The idea was to ride left of it and circle around it clockwise fashion


Stopped to top off with gas and realized the haze, was in fact...smoke.  The owner of the gas-station told me not to worry, no fires nearby, just some bleh blowing in from some where.

Took NF-23 for the most part; internet indicated a section was closed but there was a detour which was fun.  Check out the new tire!


In preparation for this outing, I removed / installed the old tire 2x to practice, and then put the new tire on...and pinched the tube.  I was a little shocked as I was as careful as I could be with the tube.  But next time it went well.  I felt ready for a flat!  

Mt Adams, hazy...


I didn't realize NF-23 was paved as much as it was, but the day would have plenty of dirt/gravel as well






Found Takhlakh Lake, Mt. Adams barely visible, and at this point I'm getting close to the northern side of Adams


I don't have a GPS, but I had written out a detailed ride plan with all the forest numbers and distances, and I was happy that the ride was panning out fine


Fun roads


Heading back south


Taking a break at Glenwood


From the bridge crossing the White Salmon River, heard lots of fun sounding whoops and hollerin'; hiked down to the river and saw the reason why...


Can't pass that up




Soon, I rejoined with hiway 14, what I took to begin the day.  Mt. Hood as seen from across the Columbia on the WA side:


But...no flats!  About 10% of me wanted to have one just so I could erase last week's memory with a better one, but no such luck. I made it home a little after 6pm, just over 250 miles.  Supposed to rain tomorrow and Saturday, so it was a great day to do this.  Now time for the front tire.