Chilly Hilly 2010

[bikerHen]

I've been afraid to check the weather. Good to hear it's suppose to be good. We decided to get a room on the island. If the weather is decent we will get an early start and hope to beat some of the crowds. Sounds like they are expecting a big one! We'll have fun, I still haven't met a hill I can't walk! I just hope I can unclip in time. bikerHen

[jdubble]

What a great day for a great ride! We stayed with friends in Lakewood who cooked us a fabulous curry feast last night, then we got up and drove to the island this morning. Got on the road around 8:45, just as the 1st ferry disembarked, so we were stuck in a crowd for a bit before it thinned out. Finished up around 11:30 and had a delicious bowl of chili down by the water at a picnic table in the sun and now we're heading back to Lakewood to change and drive back to Portland.

Looks like the local Kiwanis club is holding a summer, sunny, and warm version of the ride at the end of August. I'll definitely think about coming back up for it!

[bikerHen]

I agree it was a wonderful day! We spent the night on the island and started just before 8AM. My gosh, three of those hills were monsters! But I made it up every one. And those downhills were screaming fun! My friend had to do a little walking and had a flat tire in the last 5 miles. But we both had a great time. jdubble you must have passed us along the way, I was the one riding sleeveless, with sparkling streamers on my helmet and loud tunes playing to get me up those hills. Excited to hear about the summer version. We were talking about going back late summer/early fall and doing it again on our own. Got back to Spokane around 8PM. A long but fun day! bikerHen

[jdubble]

jdubble you must have passed us along the way, I was the one riding sleeveless, with sparkling streamers on my helmet and loud tunes playing to get me up those hills.

oh if only'd i'd known it was you! i do remember seeing you. i had nothing so memorable or recognizable about me i'm afraid. fairly standard issue helmet/knickers/white vest (once the sleeves came off early in the ride)/green torelli bike. i was envious of the few people i saw with sound systems - mine was provided only by the singing in my head. i tend to sing "you spin me right round, baby, right round, like a record, baby, right round, round round" over and over and over again when climbing.

oops time to clean the house before a meeting tonight. glad you had a good ride too!

[bikerHen]

- mine was provided only by the singing in my head. i tend to sing "you spin me right round, baby, right round, like a record, baby, right round, round round" over and over and over again when climbing.

Great minds think alike! That's one of the songs I was playing to helped me up those monster hills. bikerHen

[evangundy]

I just found this posted on BikeJournal.com - cool video of Chilly Hilly 2010. Guess I was always slow enough that I never had to ride in crowds like this on CH. Hope y'll had a fun time :-)

http://vimeo.com/m/#/9816679

Edna

[jdubble]

I just found this posted on BikeJournal.com - cool video of Chilly Hilly 2010. Guess I was always slow enough that I never had to ride in crowds like this on CH. Hope y'll had a fun time :-)

http://vimeo.com/m/#/9816679

Edna

Edna, thanks to the wonderful weather last weekend, they had a record-breaking 6000 some odd people on the route! So yes, it was pretty darn crowded at times, though we got an early enough start that it thinned out fairly well fairly quickly. And we had a great time!

Thanks for posting the link to the video! I'll have to show that to my parents and in-laws so they can see what I was up to