Out on the line
I forgot to take a picture when I paused at the Portland Women’s Forum, so I dropped down to the Vista House for a picture. I was planning on climbing Larch Mountain, but this was about as far as I got (I actually climbed a couple hundred feet higher on Larch Mountain Road, but decided that it was too warm and I was too tired to successfully make it up there and back (and as it stood the return home (via Troutdale, Marine Drive, the i205 path/102nd Ave/82nd/Clinton and the Springwater Trail) took a loooong time because it got to the point where I was pretty much forcing myself to continue when I wanted to fall face-down into the grass at the side of the road.)
Portland has a bunch of Benson Bubblers, but they’re all downtown, and the 9 miles between the temporary fire station 1 bubblers and the point where I ran out of water was a very long and thirsty pedal.
Maybe I’ll carry an umbrella the next time I go out on a long loop. Or maybe I should get a lighter bicycle for these hot sunny days out on the line.