It's official, the start of the bike touring season in Central Oregon kicks off with a car free McKenzie pass overnighter. I suppose since this is the third year I've done this bike tour, it qualifies to be an every year kind of thing. It seems like each year it also gets just a little bit better. Check out the
2015 trip and the
2014 trip for actual ride details. Really, the only trip details that changed this year was a little shortcut from McKenzie River Drive via the covered bridge directly to Aufderheide Road.
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| Greig and Ani take in the snowy views at Windy Point. |
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| Approaching the summit! |
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| Summit celebrations! |
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| My sexy Troll. And a pub beer cooling for my roommate Stu, who zoomed up to meet us at the top. |
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| It was too windy for headstands atop the Dee Wright Observatory. |
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| All my favorite dorks in life. Greig, Stu, and Ani. |
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| We left the boys at the summit... they went back to Bend, and Ani and I continued on to greener pastures and a stroll to Proxy Falls. |
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| The two of us looking normalish at Proxy Falls. |
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| Happy hour at the McKenzie Bridge General Store. Organic red quinoa, thai peanut sauce, and other fancy foods can be bought there now. Good thing the beer fridge is still awesome. |
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| I love bridges! |
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| Cougar reservoir and dam. |
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| Obligatory stop at the hot springs to wash the grit and grime of the road off. |
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| Sneaking into a campground... |
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| Oh wait, don't need no steeenkin' campground, we found this badassed site instead. |
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| Testing the cold waters of the southern fork of the McKenzie. |
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| Misty morning ride back towards the pass. |
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| Obligatory bike touring glamour shot with the Three Sisters. |
