Expedition Recovery

9/21/16 Eugene, OR to Sacramento, CA  501.9 miles ridden.  What it looks like to be carrying too much gear.  Thankfully the black bag on top is only going to Sacramento where it will go home with Cat. I woke up to do a radio interview (At the bottom of the linked page) for The Soldiers Project  and then got loaded up and hit the road for a long highway slog.  Not much of note happened but I got some decent video journals done and did my first lane splitting which really was much faster and safer than waiting in traffic for someone to hit me while they were texting.   I made it into Sacramento late and went to my friend Vera's home to off load the bike and catch up for a bit before sleeping away the day's weariness.  I am so grateful for the amazing friends I have and getting to see so many of them on this trip. 9/22/16  Errands, errands, errands. I slept in a little bit and got a bit of recovery from ...

9/20/16 Portland, OR looping to Eugene, OR 348.2 Miles Ridden. Starting out early from Portland it was a bit over an hour on highway 84 East before I crossed the Hood River Bridge at Hood River, OR in the Colombia river gorge to go to White Salmon, WA and the home of Mosko Moto .  The ride was better than the slog down I5 as the road was following the curves of the Columbia river and though it was cold enough to need my rain gear for warmth, it wasn't bitter. I had been in contact with Mosko Moto via e-mail as I was excited to see their products up close to the hear about their ideas for if the Back Country 35L quick release panniers could be fitted to my bike.  While the Giant loop Sisku panniers were working, I wasn't really happy with them and the amount of work it was taking to load and unload them everyday, as well as the movement I was getting out of the system. I arrived mid morning after I managed to get myself lost a bit by not reading my e-mail...