Mid morning my lovely bride informed me I had an "open day", but there were things to do... I'd finished mowing and we were done with lunch at 2:30. So what to do with my "open day"?
Why, go for a bike ride/geocaching! Where? Not the normal routes, there was a hefty wind out of the northeast, and that meant I'd had an easy ride away from home, but not on the return trip. That's no fun.
I had a cache calling my name at Willamette Mission State Park due to it's placement date. The distances are doable by foot, but its much more fun at 7-15mph than it is 3.3mph! It took me but a few minutes to get the bike prepped and loaded, plus the usual cycling needs, and I was off by 3. Arriving at the park at 3:30, I took out and enjoyed the ride, seeing only one couple early on. The vast majority of the ride was done naturally (no other people!) until I was near the main parking/camping areas. The surfaces ranged from pavement to packed sand to river cobbles... Most of the trails were primarily for horses, so the track would be a bit bumpy in some areas. I had to avoid road apples a time or two, but for the most part, it was a very nice ride! All caches searched for were found and now bear my signature.