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The traffic circles on Verboort Rd. are easily negotiated but will probably=
be busy on sausage day
as will be the short section from Martin Rd. to Visitation where you loose =
the shoulder.
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We got pretty wet but weather looks good for Saturday.
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Ogilvie<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 31, 2012 1:45 PM<BR><B>To:</B>=
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<DIV>This year the ride starts in Verboort where there will be designated=
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parking</DIV>
<DIV>but it was a school day when Ken and I rode and there was no room for =
us so=20
we</DIV>
<DIV>had to start from the old same place in Forest Grove.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>To start, Porter road is pretty straight forward into Forest Gro=
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Pacific Ave.</DIV>
<DIV>out of town can be slow if you don=92t hit the lights but there is eno=
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room to</DIV>
<DIV>share with cars.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>As we left town the bike lane was covered with leaves which were clogg=
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the drains</DIV>
<DIV>and forced us to ride in the lane. It wasn=92t a problem as ther=
e=20
wasn=92t much traffic.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Gales Creek Hwy. doesn=92t have much shoulder but not much traffic=20
either.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We had Timber Rd. to ourselves and made the short steep climb in a dri=
zzly=20
rain.</DIV>
<DIV>Near the summit the pavement is still trying to crumble into the=
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canyon which at climbing speed</DIV>
<DIV>it isn=92t a problem but watch out for cracks.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Snaky descent into Timber, a little climb out and another nice descent=
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Hwy 26.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>From Hwy 26 to Vernonia on a quiet road along the Nehalem River =
we=20
rolled along</DIV>
<DIV>and noticed that the rain had let up.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>At Hwy 47 we opted to get on the bike trail and avoid the spray from t=
he=20
log trucks.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We hit the Black Bear Caf=E9 for coffee but if you are in a hurry ther=
e is a=20
Thriftway on Adams</DIV>
<DIV>or an ATM on Bridge St.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The Banks-Vernonia Linear Trail was in NW Fall show mode. There were,=
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however, places where</DIV>
<DIV>the leaves are thick and heavy totally covering the path. We didn=92t =
have=20
any trouble since</DIV>
<DIV>we both run wide 650b=92s but be cautious if you are on skinnies.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>From the end of the trail until Cornelius-Scheflin it=92s nice country=
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roads.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The traffic circles on Verboort Rd. are easily negotiated but will pro=
bably=20
be busy on sausage day</DIV>
<DIV>as will be the short section from Martin Rd. to Visitation where you l=
oose=20
the shoulder.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We got pretty wet but weather looks good for Saturday.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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