Smitty - this sounds good - I'll try to round up a neighbor or two as well Dennis in PDX
On Friday, December 28, 2012 8:58:49 AM UTC-8, Andy Smitty Schmidt wrote: > > 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/-/t9FR8fveEP0J. 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.
