This ride has...
Lots of wildflowers....
Lots of elk...
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| Roosevelt Elk. Named for Theodore Roosevelt. |
Lots of scenery and challenging riding...
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| Chris circumvents St. Helen's Lake |
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| Coming up on a snow field |
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| St. Helen's Lake. You can still see blowdown from the 1980 eruption. (Those sticks in the lake are trees). Mt. Adams in the background. |
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| Mt. St. Helens and Spirit Lake in the distance; Chris in foreground. Old timer Harry Truman lived at Spirit Lake and refused to evacuate. He and his cabin were consumed by the lava flow. |
And lots of snow!
These pictures were taken July 21 at only 5000 ft. The rest of the country is having a heat wave. Crops are dying. The price of corn chips and Coca-Cola are skyrocketing. But here in the Northwest we still haven't had a 90 degree day and there is snow at 5000ft.
It's very difficult riding a bike through the snow. But it was still a great day out. This trail really stands out as one of the best. Very scenic, wild, rough around the edges, seldom used. I've seen more elk and toads than people. In the fall, more wild blueberries than you could eat.
More fun than sitting at my job. Can't you tell?
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| Chris, not at work |
Fabulous post ... which I read at work, slumped over a computer ... eat my heart out! Walking a cycle in the snow leaves a track just like taking a pet snake out for a walk. Hope the next person to come across it enjoys that. The Alps will seem easy easy!
ReplyDeleteWhen I try to post this the computer (robot?) will probably tell me to prove I'm not a robot, which isn't always so clear this time of day and location. Hmmmm.