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                                      Friday, Sept. 7 -- Portland / Rainbow -- 17 miles
This was a transition day, and we didn't take many pictures.



In Portland, we biked about 9 miles from Bluebird Guesthouse to the airport, using a route from Ridethecity.com, to pick up a rental van. We drove it back to the guesthouse to get our gear, then drove about 110 miles south. In Springfield we dropped off the van and met Deb & Ferenz, who live in nearby Eugene. They drove us and our bikes about 50 miles east to Rainbow in Ferenz's pickup truck.
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Deb is a biking/hiking/skiing/yoga friend who used to live near us in Massachusetts, years ago.

Flashback: Lorraine, Deb, and Lynne
at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in 2001


Belknap Covered Bridge
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While we were biking, George and Arthur
drove down from Portland.
They met us for dinner on the patio at Takoda's,
across the street from the motel.
Rainbow is the start/finish of the
 Cascade Classic bike route in the
Oregon guidebook "Cycling Sojourner,"
a route that we would follow
pretty much to the letter for the next six days.

We checked in to Harbick's Country Inn and took a short ride, about 6 miles. Rick wanted to scope out the first few turns and see how his bike felt with the all the panniers on it.

It was blazing hot, about 100 degrees,
but the road along the McKenzie River
was nice and shady. We crossed the river
on the Belknap Covered Bridge.
The original covered bridge was built in 1890,
a replacement in 1911, and a third in 1939.
The third bridge was destroyed in a flood
in 1964, and the present span was built in 1966.
The louvered windows
were added
in 1975.
Todd Richard
The restaurant was the registration site for the next day's McKenzie River Trail Run
and was crowded with runners.
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