Cynthia was beginning to feel comfortable fishing the Deschutes so the next morning she went out solo and I decided to go for a bike ride. The area around Maupin is a road cyclist's dream-great roads with a good shoulders, nice long sustained climbs and circuits of either ~26 or ~60 miles. Unfortunately for a montain bike rider this area has no defined trails so I took the MTB bike out on the roads for the the shorter 26 mile loop. Our campground was in the river valley with the town located only about ½ mile up the hill. But that was just the start as the climb continued for about 4 ½ miles with about 800 +/- ft of climbing. Sounds like a lot but it was relatively easy, just slow steady going. At the top of the climb I then encountered a few miles of gently rolling terrain with beautiful views of Mt. Hood in the distance. Then the good part-what goes up must come down! A nice 2 mile descent into the Tygh Valley.
What we dream about!
The downhill (in the distance) from the other side
A right hand turn onto Hwy. 216 brought about a 7 mile stretch (above photo) which ended at the Deschutes river Indian fishing area (yesterday's photo) then up a very slight grade, again about 7 miles, along the Deschutes back to camp. It was a very delightful ride and although along 2 hwys, I encountered very little traffic. The ride took about 2 ½ - 3 hrs. but was good for the legs and lungs since this was only my second ride in 5 weeks on the road.
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