Began ride from Liberty High School in Hillsboro. This is a Portland Velo bike club route. The ride picks up Helvetia Road after 1.2 miles. Continue on Helvetia Rd to Jackson Quarry Road. Some climbing in this first 6 miles for a warm-up. Take Jackson Quarry to NW Mason Hill Road. More climbing to the intersection. Enjoy a 1.1 mile descent to Jackson School Road. Go right and continue to NW Shadybrook Road. Turn left and ride to Pumpkin Ridge Road. Go right for a 1.4 mile climb to NW Pumpkin Ridge Drive. This is another nice descent to Old Pumpkin Ridge Road. There is a sharp left turn at this intersection on a downhill. Make the left and continue to NW Mountaindale Road. Turn right and continue for a mile to NW Dersham Road. This is where the headwind began. Generally a S-SW wind on the entire ride. Take Dersham to Harrington Road. Make a right and continue 2 miles to Roy. The Catholic School or church make a good rest stop (mile 20). Go right at Roy Rd and ride a mile to NW Mountaindale Rd (again). Go left. This becomes Wilkesboro Road at the train track crossing. Ride 1 mile west to highway 47. This is where things got messed up. A fire engine was blocking the northbound lane of highway 47 into Banks. Evidently there was some sort of parade or event going on. Tried to find a way around it to get to the Banks-to-Vernonia trailhead but could not do it. Turned around after doing about 2 miles of loops through residential areas and headed back. Debated getting on highway 6 and going west to get back on course at NW Stafford Rd. Decided against it and returned the way I came. That meant climbing Old NW Pumpkin Ridge road back to Pumpkin Ridge and then climbing Mason Hill Road (13% grade near the top) AND a 8-10% hill on Helvetia Road to the church/cemetary.