[OrRando] Re: Longview Bridge

[sandy earl]

I've had a yen to do Florence-Rome-Florence, myself.....1500??? Nothing like
doing "Europe" on the cheap....


On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Kamp, David <david.kamp at hp.com> wrote:

> PBP, Portland-Bremerton-Portland.  This jogs my memory.  Couple years ago
> we mused on POP, Portland-Ontario-Portland, a longer-than-1200K-brevet.  =
But
> if we started way east from Portland and just kissed the west reach of
> Ontario, we'd maybe have a cool ride close to the internationally accepted
> 1200K.  Or we could actually start our odomoters after leaving Portland,
> like Govt Camp, then take extra credit for the P-GovC leg.  Well, at least
> scouting the route would be fun.  It's loosely in the late summer credit
> card tour plans.  Anyone game for this, contact me off list.
>
> David Kamp
> E-: david.kamp at hp.com
> Tel: 541-760-5221 (C)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com [mailto:
> orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com] On Behalf Of Del Scharffenberg
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 3:21 PM
> To: Oregon area Randonneurs
> Subject: [OrRando] Re: Longview Bridge
>
> Up until the OrRando era, that bridge was part of our annual 600k route,
> both going north and returning south.  From 1987 through 2005 we had our =
own
> PBP route (Portland-Bremerton-Portland).  As mentioned, STP also uses it,
> the one day of the year when on a bike you have numbers on your side.
>
> It's not a bad crossing, but does require "sharing the road".  You can hop
> up on the sidewalk if you want to, similar to the Sellwood Bridge, rideab=
le
> but narrow.
>
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