training ride 2: a passage to portland
After more than a year in this beautifully strange land, I’ve found the elusive mountain (okay, hill) passage into Portland from way the hell out here in Aloha. And no dangerous mucking about with Highway 10!
The secret - thank you, Metro’s Bike There! map - is to get yourself
to the trailhead of the Sunset Highway bike path via Walker and Park,
and then cruise your way in pillow-soft comfort along 26 to Washington Park.
Say a prayer to St. M.C. Escher before you cut through that tangle of
streets, and you’ll find yourself on Park downtown, ready to pedal anywhere.
A Sunday trip to the Bus office was the perfect excuse to exercise those exploring muscles.