Well kids, The weather forecast for Jan 1 is looking pretty good, so I say we should do a PDX Riv ride. Here's what I have in mind...
New Year's Day Taco Ride! Going off of Leaf "Mike" Slayer's suggestion... meet downtown, ride up to Pittock Mansion, across Skyline to Forest Park, and down to cross the St Johns Bridge. It should have a nice combination of stairs, steep climbs, fast descents, gravel, and mud. Then the whole thing winds up at the taqueria and mexican bakery/grocery in St Johns (I really hope they're open on New Years Day). Meet on the Willamette River Greenway Trail in front of (or perhaps it's behind) the Mistral Building (think NW 9th & Naito Pkwy but closer to the water... map here<https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=45.533124,-122.678919&hl=en&ll=45.533244,-122.678275&spn=0.003803,0.008894&sll=45.532838,-122.680764&sspn=0.007546,0.025964&t=h&mra=mift&mrsp=0&sz=16&z=17>) There are some benches and a little hang-out area right by the river... that's the place. Roll out at 11am... show up before that. Even though the ride officially ends in St Johns, I'll be riding home towards the Woodstock neighborhood if anyone wants to head that way too... after eating tacos of course. This is NOT a loop, but if any out-of-towners drive to the start and aren't sure exactly how to get back to their car, I'll ride back to the start with you... after eating tacos of course. Also, In any of you NoPo folks are familiar with the Santa Cruz Taqueria/Panaderia on Lombard St and can swing by and confirm if they'll be open on Jan 1, that would be cool. I'm going on the assumption that they'll be open, but am not sure. Lastly, I'm inviting a couple non-Riv friends. You should do the same. --Smitty -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/b6muOJJ1dfkJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
