Ride #2
Sauvie Island Inner Loop:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=749865
Distance: 36 Miles
Starting Point: We'll go with Peete's again.
1) West on NE Broadway
2) Across the Broadway Bridge
3) Veer right onto NW Lovejoy
4) Right on NW 23rd Ave
5) Left on NW Vaughn St.
6) Left on NW Nicolai St., which becomes NW St. Helen's Rd.
7) At the light after mile 5 you go left onto St. Helen's/HWY 30 - HWY 30 has a bike lane the entire time, but you will still have to contend with passing semi's.
8) Pass the St. Johns Bridge (so if you're in NoPo you can just head across this way)
9) Right across the Sauvie Island Bridge
-------- At this point you can go around the loop either direction. I tend to go left...
10) Left on NW Sauvie Island Rd.
11) Right on NW Reeder Rd.
12) Just past mile 15 you will come to an intersection and need to go right to stay on Reeder Rd.
13) Just past mile 18 you will need to stay right to veer onto NW Gillihan Rd. (just stick with the idea of the loop)
14) Gillihan will take you back to where you started the loop and you go back the rest of the way as you came out.
Savie Island doesn't have bike lanes but all of the drivers seem very aware and conscientious of riders. I see a lot of us out there. In the summer it's a great place to pick berries... and, ummmm, i dunno, frolick in the sun or something.