Trey had told me about a race a few years ago from Government Camp to Timberline Lodge. The fastest time was 25 minutes, which is impressive given it's around 2,000' gain over 6 miles. I was aiming for 45-60 minutes. I ended up getting 39 minutes which I thought was pretty good. I found out later that I didn't do the same route as them, so I'll be redoing this soon. The monitor showed me as having over 180bpm on the way down, but that was just a misread.

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Over the weekend Ingrid and I went over to Central Oregon to check out the John Day area. We were going to take the new van, but it's still in repair. But we got to use the new tent and it's really easy to set up and roomy.

Central Oregon

Ingrid and I went out towards John Day to check out the area and do some biking on the forest roads.

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Yashica camera

We took the medium format Yashica over to Central Oregon and here are some of our shots.

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We went down to the beach for the weekend to get away from the heat in Portland. On Saturday we hung out and those with bikes did some time trials down to the end of Cottage Street and back. On Sunday, we went down to Hug Point to check out the tide pools.

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Ingrid's softball season just started down in Oregon City.

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Ingrid and Karen threw a birthday party for Matt at our house. Karen and her band played good music and we had burgers.

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This week the Mt. Hood Classic was racing downtown and on Mt. Tabor.Tuesday they raced downtown on the waterfront and the winner averaged 37mph. I barely hit 32 on my way home.On Wednesday they did around 20 laps on Mt. Tabor, averaging a speed of 26mph. Matt and I rode 4 laps on the same route on Monday. I thought we did quite well and our best time was just under 4:10. These guys did 2:45 laps. While they raced a hundred miles the next day, we had trouble riding to work.

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On Saturday, Ingrid and I went up to Olympia to check out an '85 VW Westfalia Weekender. It looked pretty solid with a newly rebuilt engine and a few issues that come with 20 year old cars. We got the Weekender as it doesn't have the kitchen sink and such, as we don't see ourselves cooking that much and it'd be nice to have the extra room instead. It's a pretty nice rig and actually goes freeway speeds. It's going to the shop for a few days to get things touched up. I just ordered a new poptop tent and hangers for the curtains that are being dry cleaned. We also got a new futon ordered to replace the old bed in back.

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