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As you will see in the words below, Andrew Heckman
http://webpages.charter.net/200a/AndrewHeckman2.htm , the man who nearly gave his life for the NBG
cause last year, made it to the City of Portland's NBG Day on Friday with his wife and guiding light
Lisa and a worthy number of other cyclists and interested others. The Portland Bureau of
Transportation System Management (hats off to Eileen Argentina, Kristine Shigley and Cynthia
Thompson) did a tremendous job of not only honoring Andrew, one of their residents, by giving him a
platform from which to speak and dedicating part of the proclamation to him but they also made Rocky
Brown, who rode in from Boise, feel more than welcome. Rocky used his time at the lectern to also
introduce Dirt Bag (DB), his traveling rubber lizard talked about in final report below. Three more
Portland residents, George Wu, Don Park and Mark Chen were also made to feel like kings for their
part in moving the NBG torch to Eugene for today's NBG Day there. Not only were they and all the
riders treated to a free lunch by the city but when Pat Franz of Terra Cycle discovered a broken
drop out on Don's bike, Cynthia got on the phone and arranged for a donated loaner bike from the
nearby Bike Gallery bike shop.
BTW: Special THX to Andrew Morton, last year's Portland to Santa Cruz
http://www.bikeroute.com/NatRelayRide2002.html powerhouse for his many photos of NBG Day that are at
the below page and at our NBG Photo Gallery. He even snapped a photo of DB. See
http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/gallery/Portland2003
T H A N K Y O U P O R T L A N D !!
All of the day's excitement is now on line at:
http://www.bikeroute.com/NationalMayorsRide/Portland2003
News Flash: Arcata Mayor, Bob Ornelas, just called me back. He expressed interest in riding to Chico
and will get a posse of riders together to meet Skot Pashcal, one of the most popular math teachers
in the California Central Coast at http://www.skot.web-page.net/when he comes in from Eugene!!
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Rocky's Road to Portland:
It was easy to see from a long ways off that 26 was disappearing into a deep canyon. I told DB to
hang on as we started down the long steep grade with the "Watch for Falling Rocks" warning signs. I
rode mostly on the wide shoulder on the way down and only had to go around a couple of rocks that
had fallen from the beautiful cliffs above.
At the bottom of the canyon, the clear deep blue green waters of Deschutes river flowed on our left.
Up ahead there was a little park with a boat ramp just before the "Entering Warm Springs" sign. Down
26 there was a gas station on the left while some other buildings on the right were within view
before a bridge crossed the river. DB and I decided that we would make the boat ramp our first stop
in Warm Springs to cool down.
I told DB to hold on again as we made the left turn down the steep gravel road to the little park.
After we rounded the turn by the bathrooms on the way to the ramp, I nodded to two men as they
looked my direction. They were talking under a shade tree by a pickup truck.
There were a couple of guys fishing so I just waded out half way to my knees and did my bike jersey
fresh up routine. As the shoes were going back on, one of the fishermen was picking a bag of apples
from the tree next to the boat ramp. I told DB those would be good for later. So I went into the
tall weeds under the tree and picked four of the small greenish yellow fruit as the fisherman
finished filling his bag.
As I was walking towards my bike, one of the men from the truck got out and walked towards me. No
doubt the heavy set darker man 35-40 was an Indian as he smiled at me. I said, "These apples look
good ." He answered by rubbing his belly telling me that they had been there awhile and had eaten
more than they should.
We saw another man go towards the tree as he told me he was from Kahneeta and then asked about my
travels. I told him about leaving from Boise as I told him I was going to pack my apples for
later. As I did so, I saw him give the Indian man some money. So when the Indian man came back
over I gave him one of my peanut butter grain bars to go with his apples. He wished me and my
lizard a safe journey.
Warm Springs to marker 67
DB and I stayed on 26 through Warm Springs not going into town. I did stop at the Gas Station Store
for a cool drink and left with full water bottles for the long climb out of Warm Springs. The first
marker (117) I remembered seeing was close to Madras. At the summit, as I now rode into a strong
headwind. I could see the Cascades again on the treeless plain ahead of me.
Around the 93 marker, there was a bridge over a narrow canyon. Mill Creek was sure a long way down
as I pedaled across the bridge that shook whenever cars crossed it. Around the 86 marker, in a pine
forest that had burned a year or two ago, I found a Schrade pocket knife. Just past the 85 marker
after crossing over Warm Springs River there were signs beside the pines. Looking back, I was able
to see that I was 33 miles from Madris. The ones for my direction of travel included Kah-nee-ta 21,
Simasho 7, and Indian Head casino.
DB and I had to cool down in Beaver Creek about five miles from there still in the pines. Good thing
because about five miles after that we were on a very long climb again, this time the Mt. Hood
National Forest. By 5 pm we reached the summit where a very thick tall tree cover cooled us off once
again. Marker 67 was the last Hwy 26 marker before turning left on Skyline Rd. Another sign said
Timothy Lake 10, Olallie Lake 47.
As we made the turn onto Skyline I told DB we were heading for Timothy Lake because I wanted to set
up camp before dark and would feel better if both water bottles were full before that. After about
eight miles of more down down than up we made the turn off Skyline towards Timothy Lake. We passed
two or three camps before pulling into Lake View Camp. The camp host was not at home so I asked one
of the campers where I could get water. She told me the faucets were a bit hard to find but she knew
there was one by the curve sign down the drive. So I thanked her and went down and filled the empty
water bottle before then going to see the great view of Mt. Hood over the lake. Camp sites here were
posted as $14 and there were lots of people around so I decided to go further along.
At this point, DB and I planned to set up camp then figure out where to go from there but the next
camp the host was there. After talking over rates, $45 group to $10, I asked about rates further up
the road. After I told him and his wife where I had been, he told me about free sites up the road
and where I needed to go to find them. And as he talked his wife kept telling me you are going to
enjoy this as she read the excitement on my face.
So they sent me on my way as another camper drove in him repeating to this guy, "we have em as high
as $45 but that is for a group site ..."
Clackmas River Camp
It was not far to the Timothy Lake Dam that I crossed over it and made the left turn and before
going through the gate I saw the old 57 sign marking the road the host had shown me on his large
area map. Not far past the gate down the 7 mile gravel road I heard a small old pickup pulling a
boat come up so I stopped and let the dust settle before going on. I met two others shortly. DB and
I thought busy for a bit after 7 at night but that was it.
At first I was riding above the Clackmas river looking down a canyon about the same depth as Mill
Creek earlier that day! The gravel road was rough in spots but what a great place to be. It was all
down hill as I was told and did level out for about five miles down where the free open area first
come sites showed up. I passed a couple of them that were occupied and agreed with DB on one about a
half a mile away right next to the river.
Rocky Brown can be found at:
http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/bios/rocky_bro wn.php His email on the
road is: [email protected]
If you want to start from the beginning and/or follow Jim our other NBG relay riders as they move
forward in the National Mayors' Ride at
<http://NationalBicycleGreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/schedule.php>, point to their blog at
<http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/reports.php>. All of this excitement will
al be consummated at the second annual Santa Cruz NBG Bike Fest on Sunday August 17 c/
<http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/Events/Festival>:
btw: If you want to become a rider, we WANT you!! Go to
<http://NationalBicycleGreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/getstarted.php>, to find out how!! btw2: We
have pictures from the various ride legs on line at
http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/gallery/2003Mayors btw3: If you want to see who these
cyclists are, go to <http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/bios>.
MARTIN KRIEG: "Awake Again" Author c/o BikeRoute.com 79 & 86 TransAms, nonprofit Nat. Bicycle
Greenway CEO Ever wanted anything so bad U were willing to die for it? Really die? By moving thru
clinical death and reversing paralysis, *I saw God* when I answered that question.
http://webpages.charter.net/200a/AndrewHeckman2.htm , the man who nearly gave his life for the NBG
cause last year, made it to the City of Portland's NBG Day on Friday with his wife and guiding light
Lisa and a worthy number of other cyclists and interested others. The Portland Bureau of
Transportation System Management (hats off to Eileen Argentina, Kristine Shigley and Cynthia
Thompson) did a tremendous job of not only honoring Andrew, one of their residents, by giving him a
platform from which to speak and dedicating part of the proclamation to him but they also made Rocky
Brown, who rode in from Boise, feel more than welcome. Rocky used his time at the lectern to also
introduce Dirt Bag (DB), his traveling rubber lizard talked about in final report below. Three more
Portland residents, George Wu, Don Park and Mark Chen were also made to feel like kings for their
part in moving the NBG torch to Eugene for today's NBG Day there. Not only were they and all the
riders treated to a free lunch by the city but when Pat Franz of Terra Cycle discovered a broken
drop out on Don's bike, Cynthia got on the phone and arranged for a donated loaner bike from the
nearby Bike Gallery bike shop.
BTW: Special THX to Andrew Morton, last year's Portland to Santa Cruz
http://www.bikeroute.com/NatRelayRide2002.html powerhouse for his many photos of NBG Day that are at
the below page and at our NBG Photo Gallery. He even snapped a photo of DB. See
http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/gallery/Portland2003
T H A N K Y O U P O R T L A N D !!
All of the day's excitement is now on line at:
http://www.bikeroute.com/NationalMayorsRide/Portland2003
News Flash: Arcata Mayor, Bob Ornelas, just called me back. He expressed interest in riding to Chico
and will get a posse of riders together to meet Skot Pashcal, one of the most popular math teachers
in the California Central Coast at http://www.skot.web-page.net/when he comes in from Eugene!!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rocky's Road to Portland:
It was easy to see from a long ways off that 26 was disappearing into a deep canyon. I told DB to
hang on as we started down the long steep grade with the "Watch for Falling Rocks" warning signs. I
rode mostly on the wide shoulder on the way down and only had to go around a couple of rocks that
had fallen from the beautiful cliffs above.
At the bottom of the canyon, the clear deep blue green waters of Deschutes river flowed on our left.
Up ahead there was a little park with a boat ramp just before the "Entering Warm Springs" sign. Down
26 there was a gas station on the left while some other buildings on the right were within view
before a bridge crossed the river. DB and I decided that we would make the boat ramp our first stop
in Warm Springs to cool down.
I told DB to hold on again as we made the left turn down the steep gravel road to the little park.
After we rounded the turn by the bathrooms on the way to the ramp, I nodded to two men as they
looked my direction. They were talking under a shade tree by a pickup truck.
There were a couple of guys fishing so I just waded out half way to my knees and did my bike jersey
fresh up routine. As the shoes were going back on, one of the fishermen was picking a bag of apples
from the tree next to the boat ramp. I told DB those would be good for later. So I went into the
tall weeds under the tree and picked four of the small greenish yellow fruit as the fisherman
finished filling his bag.
As I was walking towards my bike, one of the men from the truck got out and walked towards me. No
doubt the heavy set darker man 35-40 was an Indian as he smiled at me. I said, "These apples look
good ." He answered by rubbing his belly telling me that they had been there awhile and had eaten
more than they should.
We saw another man go towards the tree as he told me he was from Kahneeta and then asked about my
travels. I told him about leaving from Boise as I told him I was going to pack my apples for
later. As I did so, I saw him give the Indian man some money. So when the Indian man came back
over I gave him one of my peanut butter grain bars to go with his apples. He wished me and my
lizard a safe journey.
Warm Springs to marker 67
DB and I stayed on 26 through Warm Springs not going into town. I did stop at the Gas Station Store
for a cool drink and left with full water bottles for the long climb out of Warm Springs. The first
marker (117) I remembered seeing was close to Madras. At the summit, as I now rode into a strong
headwind. I could see the Cascades again on the treeless plain ahead of me.
Around the 93 marker, there was a bridge over a narrow canyon. Mill Creek was sure a long way down
as I pedaled across the bridge that shook whenever cars crossed it. Around the 86 marker, in a pine
forest that had burned a year or two ago, I found a Schrade pocket knife. Just past the 85 marker
after crossing over Warm Springs River there were signs beside the pines. Looking back, I was able
to see that I was 33 miles from Madris. The ones for my direction of travel included Kah-nee-ta 21,
Simasho 7, and Indian Head casino.
DB and I had to cool down in Beaver Creek about five miles from there still in the pines. Good thing
because about five miles after that we were on a very long climb again, this time the Mt. Hood
National Forest. By 5 pm we reached the summit where a very thick tall tree cover cooled us off once
again. Marker 67 was the last Hwy 26 marker before turning left on Skyline Rd. Another sign said
Timothy Lake 10, Olallie Lake 47.
As we made the turn onto Skyline I told DB we were heading for Timothy Lake because I wanted to set
up camp before dark and would feel better if both water bottles were full before that. After about
eight miles of more down down than up we made the turn off Skyline towards Timothy Lake. We passed
two or three camps before pulling into Lake View Camp. The camp host was not at home so I asked one
of the campers where I could get water. She told me the faucets were a bit hard to find but she knew
there was one by the curve sign down the drive. So I thanked her and went down and filled the empty
water bottle before then going to see the great view of Mt. Hood over the lake. Camp sites here were
posted as $14 and there were lots of people around so I decided to go further along.
At this point, DB and I planned to set up camp then figure out where to go from there but the next
camp the host was there. After talking over rates, $45 group to $10, I asked about rates further up
the road. After I told him and his wife where I had been, he told me about free sites up the road
and where I needed to go to find them. And as he talked his wife kept telling me you are going to
enjoy this as she read the excitement on my face.
So they sent me on my way as another camper drove in him repeating to this guy, "we have em as high
as $45 but that is for a group site ..."
Clackmas River Camp
It was not far to the Timothy Lake Dam that I crossed over it and made the left turn and before
going through the gate I saw the old 57 sign marking the road the host had shown me on his large
area map. Not far past the gate down the 7 mile gravel road I heard a small old pickup pulling a
boat come up so I stopped and let the dust settle before going on. I met two others shortly. DB and
I thought busy for a bit after 7 at night but that was it.
At first I was riding above the Clackmas river looking down a canyon about the same depth as Mill
Creek earlier that day! The gravel road was rough in spots but what a great place to be. It was all
down hill as I was told and did level out for about five miles down where the free open area first
come sites showed up. I passed a couple of them that were occupied and agreed with DB on one about a
half a mile away right next to the river.
Rocky Brown can be found at:
http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/bios/rocky_bro wn.php His email on the
road is: [email protected]
If you want to start from the beginning and/or follow Jim our other NBG relay riders as they move
forward in the National Mayors' Ride at
<http://NationalBicycleGreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/schedule.php>, point to their blog at
<http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/reports.php>. All of this excitement will
al be consummated at the second annual Santa Cruz NBG Bike Fest on Sunday August 17 c/
<http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/Events/Festival>:
btw: If you want to become a rider, we WANT you!! Go to
<http://NationalBicycleGreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/getstarted.php>, to find out how!! btw2: We
have pictures from the various ride legs on line at
http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/gallery/2003Mayors btw3: If you want to see who these
cyclists are, go to <http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/bios>.
MARTIN KRIEG: "Awake Again" Author c/o BikeRoute.com 79 & 86 TransAms, nonprofit Nat. Bicycle
Greenway CEO Ever wanted anything so bad U were willing to die for it? Really die? By moving thru
clinical death and reversing paralysis, *I saw God* when I answered that question.