Sauvie Saturday x 2

June 24, 2023

Different day, same old ride. We just biked out to Sauvie a week ago, following exactly the same route today as then. I almost didn’t even bring the camera since we’ve seen it all so recently anyway, but at the last minute I changed my mind and grabbed it. A good thing too - it’s the same ride, but sunny this time instead of overcast; and the air is so clear today that all four of the neighboring volcanos are visible. It makes quite a difference, really.

Mount Saint Helens and the Sauvie Island Bridge.

If you squint, you can see Mount Adams straight ahead.

And to the right, Hood. And where’s Rachael, btw?

Has it really been fifteen years since the new bridge came in? It’s hard to remember what the old one was like now.

Rachael saw this shot and thought it was a sculpture. She’s not wrong, really: “windmill sculpted by time and the elements.”

Got a new coat of paint since the last time I noticed.

There are a few spots on the island where you can see all four volcanoes. Here’s one. In this direction are Saint Helens on the right, and Rainier barely visible on the left.

And looking in the other direction we have cows and the West Hills. I’d zoom in on one of those cows, if I still had a working zoom camera.

Red-winged blackbird in the catbird seat.

It’s all in the timing during irrigation season. Ours was off today. Splat! Splat! Splat! Splat!

Saturday Market on Wilson Street, a new one we haven’t seen before. Bit by bit, Portland really does seem to be rebounding.

Today's ride: 45 miles (72 km)
Total: 253 miles (407 km)

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