Heather R – Page 3 – Not Your Average Engineer

May 25, 2010July 1, 2020

ASME SPDC District D @ Oregon State University

The SPDC returned to OSU in April. My friends who run and are members of the local ASME chapter made me proud by putting on a wonderful event! Here are a few photos of what happened.

Setting up the check-in table in Kelley Engineering Center.

This entry in the micro baja came from Montana.

At the micro baja indoor event.

This car had a really interesting design. It worked pretty decently, too.

At the outdoor micro baja course.

The motor ended up burning out on the spinning platform so I got to pretend I was a motor for the night.

At the design competition. One of the OSU teams competing.

The awards ceremony.

At the gala banquet dinner at Cloud 9.

March 25, 2010

Rainy hike up Dimple Hill

Today I went on a three hour hike up Dimple Hill from Chip Ross Park with Heather and her doggy. It poured on us the whole way up and down. There was also quite a bit of wind. Lovely hike though. Too bad we couldn’t get any views up top.

March 19, 2010July 1, 2020

Picking up Heather’s bike and a ride along the coast

Today I took Heather down to Eugene to pick up her bike from its winter storage location. After maneuvering it out from between another motorcycle and a boat, we were off and down the road toward the coast. We stopped at Florence to check on Heather’s bike. It had been wobbling funny but we decided it was probably just as a result of some strange ruts in the road.

A little further north we stopped for a bathroom and stretch break before continuing to Waldport where we got gas. The ride up to Alsea was gorgeous as always although there was a little bit of traffic that got in the way. Up at Mary’s Peak we decided to go toward the summit but only got as far as the graveled section. Due to some poor communication on my part, Heather turned around and I sat just beyond the gravel section like an idiot expecting her to come around the bend at any moment. It’s probably a good thing we didn’t go up to the top though as Heather’s jacket is partially mesh and she was quickly becoming a Popsicle.

In total the ride was 256 miles. Or maybe less. Google Maps seems to want to make our route go through the logging roads on the west side of Marys Peak. Ignore that deviation…

I got gas twice. The first stop in Eugene was 2.281 gallons at 108.7 miles for 47.67 mpg, half of which was with a passenger. The second stop was in Waldport where I took on 1.653 gallons at 89.5 miles giving me a great average of 54.14mpg. When I’m easier on the throttle and not pounding up the twisties I get MUCH better fuel economy. Funny how that works 🙂

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