[Okay, here's the photos from one of my last rides up Springville Road. I wanted to do a 20 mile circle, but conditions would not let me.


This is the view from one of my stops about 5 miles out, but 2/3 the way up a 1000 foot climb. The scene looks to the south at Beaverton, Oregon.


The wind was gusting at 40-50 mph. Here my Rans Stratus is facing directly into thewind, and having problems.


I took this photo to show the wind actually blowing my Stratus backwards, and the kickstand leaving a trail in the gravel. This photo was taken just before I grabbed the Stratus to keep it from being blown over.


I rode uphill just a bit further, to find out what was making a mess of the road (I had seen this driving home from work). Well, what I found is most probably an elk trail. There is a herd of elk in the Forest Park area just to the west of this road, and they sometimes go in different areas. The animals were too large to be deer, and cattle don't use that area, nor do cattle come down such a steep slope.


The elk went across the road...


To the other side...


...then down the slope to some fields for grazing.

The wind was high enough I turned around here, and went back down the road (really fun on a recumbant). I have a few routes, but most go by the Great Harvest Bread Store, and this was no exception.

This shows though the advantage of riding verses driving a car; you can stop and investigate interesting findings much easier.

Well, the pictures are okay, but right now, in winter, it is not as picturesque as at other times of the year.

John