So scenic

Splendid volcanic terrain

Thursday in the Yakima Canyon

Thorp bridge

Fall colors and unsettled weather

Cle Elum almost to Ellensburg

Latest in the year I've done this old favorite.

Sunset Hill rainy day walk

The change of seasons to fall seems so sudden and melancholic, so I'm doing daily walks to raise my spirits. This house usually doesn't have an elegant garden, but the garishness and plastic whirligigs aren't too dominant yet.

3 big and 3 small quinces on my tree!

Such a gift for autumn.

A hunter headed up to my basin

Only the 2nd time I've hiked this, and the first as a backup. Perhaps next time I'll camp in Alpine Meadows campground and day hike so I have the energy to climb another 1,000' to the saddle and views of Maude.

Still can do it after so much change

Splendid descent

A great basin full of larches

But such a rough 15 miles in especially the last rocky Phelps Creek road

Maybe photoshop it!

Headed out in warm sunshine on Thursday

Sun salutation

9am and just warming up after a freezing night

7pm

Campsite as light fades fast

Finally at the 6100’ from 3500’ start

Beautiful even if barely turning

Getting closer to the carne mountain basin

Carne Mountain trail 2600’ steep

Looking into the Glacier peak wilderness

From the Chiwawa River road

My first quince of the season

This year I'll have enough to make a few special desserts! This one fell off the branch so I suppose it's ripe😏

Rear of Columbia Gorge hotel

Historic 1930s era grand dame of accommodation. I think you find these a lot in Oregon.

Easing back into civilian life

Breakfast in Hood River at Columbia Gorge hotel, after a night of free stealth camping off I-5. It would have been dangerous to try to drive nearly 300 miles home after an exhausting bike even, so I didn't. Nice view of the Columbia even if the hotel is a bit shabby these days.

Route for last day of Cycle Oregon

My final day of Cycle Oregon

Downhill spoiled by some probably hotshot rider proving not a hotshot at all

Queuing to ride in groups of six down a hill you've earned is bad. Some idiot wipes out so everyone else is treated like a preschooler. Last day of Cycle Oregon. Hot and boring at the 41 mile mark so I sagged into Albany.

First water stop before last climb

Just downhill from Alsea falls

Along Lobster Valley Road

Fall crocus at the water stop on Hwy 48

Seal Rocks outside Waldport

Poor visibility today

Newport bridge over Yaquina river

Wonderfully spooky at 8:30a and considerate drivers on 101.

Toledo harbor

Dinner by dredge in Toledo OR

Two nights of camping in the logging yards of Toledo, and a unique breakfast and dinner show of the Army Corps of Engineers dredging Toledo harbor.

My Day 6: more 101 and inland to Alsea as far as I wanted to ride after the shade ran out

Today’s route was 76 miles and 4,900’ elevation and I decided to use my brains and take a different route

I did 54 miles and 3,000 feet instead. I also swapped what I knew would be a disheartening slog, crawling late into camp after walking most of the elevation. Instead, I stayed in the saddle and negotiated the often fast and noisy traffic on 101 and the 7 miles of stupid racetrack that's 20 from Newport to Toledo. And I got to camp by 4pm! This is why I'm chuffed. Brains over brawn every time!

Cape Foulweather from the blessed relief of an Oregon scenic bikeway

Boiling Bay as the fog lifted

Shorefront adaptation by Michaelmas daisies

Wind!

Pelican at Boiling Bay

Perfect place to eat the early lunch stuff I'd packed.

What it’s like to ride 101 when it’s good

An amusing mash up near Salishan resort south of Lincoln city

Boiling Bay

Siletz River part of a bird sanctuary

Finally through the yuck of Lincoln City

Why are seaside places ruined by thoughtless development?

My Wednesday route

It's a perfect day for the Oregon coast so it made no sense to me to kill my self on a hammer fest inland.

Winema Point on Hwy 101

My own private 101 variation