In contrast to yesterday’s challenges of relentless climbing and cold rain, today’s journey was much more manageable and far less hypothermic. We started the day riding through lovely pastoral landscapes in the Oregon wine country. After some time safely hugging Portland’s bike lanes on very busy roads/truck filled highways, we connected to Portland’s extensive bike trail system with a lot of help from our friends at Google Maps to reach our destination in Troutdale after 60 miles!

We are spending the night at the base of the Columbia River Gorge. The hotel we are staying at used to be the Multnomah County poor farm before being renovated as a hotel, brewery, winery, and vineyard. We are looking forward to heading up the Gorge to Hood River tomorrow.