This saturday a few guys and I joined our friend for his annual birthday century. We rode from Portland across to Washington, East along the Gorge, crossed the Bridge of the Gods, and came back on the old Columbia Highway. There's a lot of beautiful places in the world, but there's really something special about the Northwest U.S. to me. It truly rivals anything else I've seen...I feel so lucky to live here.

The start of the Washington side:




Steady climbing...


Crossing the Gorge to the Oregon side:




Taking in the view:


Even hiking up some stairs 'cross style:


..And getting in a little bike-path action. (Oregon side is more beautiful, but that might be a biased opinion).




Roll on Columbia!