Springwater Corridor Bike Ride With Mom

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Today my dad called, inviting me to come over for a barbecue lunch. Good company (any company is good about now, but Dad, Mom, Grandpa and Grandma are about as good as it gets!), no need to cook or buy food, something to do... could I possibly resist? After lunch my mom came up with the idea of going on a bike ride. Unfortunately I didn't bring my bike, but my dad was generous and let me use his (also sacrificing his ability to go).

My mom and I parked on the east side of the Willamette, near OMSI and headed south on the waterfront path. The path joins or becomes the Springwater Corridor just south of downtown Portland. I'm amazed that such a trail exists. I've gone on the Springwater Corridor before, but a number of years ago. Back then it didn't connect with the eastside waterfront path (which also didn't exist back then), and I simply rode it to and from Gresham. The segment between Sellwood area (where it starts going east) and the eastside industrial district is gorgeous! I've simply got to go back there and traverse the entire new-to-me path - from downtown all the way to Gresham. Talk about an awesome trail! My mom and I went out about 4.5 miles out and turned around... I didn't want to be late for church at 5:00, otherwise we would have gone farther.

Here's my (Dad's) bike computer stats from today's trip.