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| VA at the top of Larch |
Craig's Garmin shows a wide array of temps, but the low is slightly higher than I expected - 39.2, and of course, that was on the way down. Wind chill factor? Must have been below 30 degrees.
Thanks to VA I made it down safely. I had to stop numerous times to warm my hands up, and faithful VA stayed with me. Had it not been for her, I may have sat under a bush and waited for a ride. Gary had fingerless gloves on and was quite cold descending. We were debating about what to do; wait for him or go down and get a car. In the meantime, some good samaritans, a nice couple, stopped to see if he was ok. They put his bike into their car and took him down! On the way they stopped to ask if VA and I were ok. They started taking off their coats, offering them to us. The driver actually gave me his oversized jacket! Put it on me, zipped me up and put the hood over my helmet! I wish I had a picture, but I do remember VA and Craig trying to stifle a laugh when I finally caught up to them. I didn't care what I looked like, it was heaven having that thing on. They delivered Gary to his car and drove back up to see if we were still ok! In addition, Gary also drove back up to check in on us. Craig had reached the car in the meantime and came back. He found us at the bridge to Troutdale. I happily accepted a ride, feeling just a little guilty leaving VA to ride the rest of the way to her car at Edgefield McMenamins. I finally stopped shaking when we got home and get this - - I actually got too warm while cleaning my bike off in the sunshine. Man, what a day. I think us Velo peeps are pretty good at looking out for one another.
One scary thought is next week at this time we will be biking in the Alps. Isn't that terrain known for snow?? Yikes.
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