Newberry Crater and Crane Prairie

QUICK STATS	This Ride	2010 Cumulative
Distance	78.93 miles	1,784 miles
Elevation Gain	4073 feet	17.84 miles
Average Moving Speed	14.9 mph	14.8 mph
Dog Bites	0	1

This ride started out quite cold. My iBike gave a low of 45 degrees but with the initial headwind it felt much cooler. The climb up to Newberry Crater warmed us up though. We started seeing snow next to the road about half way up, and slush on the road near the top.

We had planned to ride the 5 miles across the flat top of the crater to the east side and back, but it was so cold and wet up there we decided to head straight back down. Before that, though, I rode just a bit into the driveway of the west lodge, or whatever the driveway went to, so I could see the lake. Saw it, and noticed a pickup wanting to exit the driveway, which meant I needed to step onto the inch of snow so he could drive by me. Big mistake. I wasn't able to clip in to my pedals as snow had caked onto my cleats. Amy spent a couple minutes digging the snow/slush out of my cleats with her tire levers and then we started going back down.

Madras Cove Haystack Gateway

QUICK STATS	This Ride	2010 Cumulative
Distance	61.39 miles	1,670 miles
Elevation Gain	2,934 feet	16.76 miles
Average Moving Speed	15.5 mph	14.8 mph
Dog Bites	0	1

Quick weekend in Madras to visit family. Our ride started out quite cool at about 8:45 a.m., but the sun was shining bright and warmed us up quite nicely. For about an hour. Then the clouds came, along with some very cool air, and the rest of the day was actually rather uncomfortably cool. I never did put my jacket back on, but then again the arm and leg warmers never came off all day long.

Lewis and Clark Ultra Training Ride

QUICK STATS	This Ride	2010 Cumulative
Distance	141 miles	1,608 miles
Elevation Gain	8,191 feet	16.20 miles
Average Moving Speed	14.8 mph	14.8 mph
Dog Bites	0	1

I was toying with the idea of racing in the Lewis & Clark Ultra in two weeks, but not sure where I am fitness-wise. No better way to check than to just do the big loop.

Lewis County Historical Ride

QUICK STATS	This Ride	2010 Cumulative
Distance	99 miles	1,398 miles
Elevation Gain	3,551 feet	14.01 miles
Average Moving Speed	16.7 mph	14.7 mph
Dog Bites	0	1

Amy's spin instructor Mike came along with us today, and we had an absolutely great ride.

We did this ride last year too. What a difference a year makes! Here, let me show you:

Sherwood - Salem

QUICK STATS	This Ride	2010 Cumulative
Distance	98 miles	1,268 miles
Elevation Gain	2,691 feet	12.93 miles
Average Moving Speed	15.7 mph	14.7 mph
Dog Bites	0	1

With all the hills we ride around here we decided to do a relatively flat century yesterday, consisting partly of the Monster Cookie route (a metric century loop between Salem and Champoeg Park) which we did last year. They just held the ride last weekend so we figured the paint markings would be fresh. Wrong. I'm pretty sure the faded Dan Henry symbols were leftover from last year. I guess they just used cue sheets this year? No biggie as we had our own cue sheets.