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I took a long ride around the valley yesterday on some interesting and stunningly beautiful roads. The country around Perrydale in particular is gorgeous this time of year.
In total I road about 125 miles. I also stopped and got some gas. My fuel economy was 45.5 mpg. Not too surprising considering the fun I’ve been having lately.
This morning I attempted to ride up to Amity to deposit a check at my bank. Knowing that it was colder than a well digger’s hind end, I bundled up quite substantially. Three layers of pants, three long sleeve shirts and a sweater, the motorcycle jacket, ski socks, a neck warmer, two layers of gloves, and the heat off the engine were not enough to keep me warm. By Lewisburg I was getting very cold. At Camp Adair, I decided to turn around and come back to Corvallis. It was just too cold and too wet to make the ride at all enjoyable. Tomorrow I will try to get up there again.
In total, I rode about 23 miles.