The my last stretch of the 40 mile loop is quite familiar – I ride it whenever I’m industrious enough to get up early and ride to work. I generally cross the river at the Hawthorne Bridge and follow the East Side Esplanade to the Steele Bridge before continuing home. It’s a great stretch of trail and is alive at all times of the day with various types of activity. Walkers, runners, cyclists, dragon boaters, kayakers, people fishing and transients all use the path.
I like the East side of the path better for some reason, and generally take it. This time I took the east side because dusk made the west side too dark for pictures. Here are a few that I snapped from my ride home.
As a side – I think it would be great to change the “Vera Katz Eastside Park” to “Vera Katz Platz.” Less syllables and a more official name.
40 mile bike ride to get to work and back? You should turn this into a money making opportunity. Bolt a rickshaw to your bike and get paid to ride people around the loop on your way to work. You too can have calves 68 inches around like the skinny dude that drove the bike taxi in Vancouver that I rode.
No – my commute is only 24 miles roundtrip. I ride parts of the 40 mile loop as part of my commute. Scott could too, but his would be, well, like 40 miles round trip with a big ass hill at the end.
44 miles round trip for me, though I didn’t know it went all the way to Gresham! I might need to get myself a nice road bike!!!!
How long does it take you to ride one way to your work, Andy?
I’ve got it down to about 50 minutes now.