Ashland to Hood River

The Black Rock Trails in Oregon are outside of a small scary town called Falls City. We got to Falls City after a downhill race in the early evening. We found the trail area easily because of all the racers but finding camping was not so easy. There was a campsite this biker guy named Evan ran, but we couldn't get a hold of him, and then there was an "RV campground" we checked out. It was easily the scariest camping spot we considered so far. There was a drunk man at the entrance to greet us and people who looked like they were permanently camping, I'll spare you the details. Needless to say... we did not stay there. And luckily Jacob had a family friend in Salem which was only 20 minutes or so away. Thank goodness Mr. and Mrs. Truitt let us stay in their home! Mr. Truitt even took us out to breakfast! It was a great start to a day of riding in Black Rock.

Black Rock was extremely green, smooth and had lots of built up features.

Jacob, Andrew and Jon

Jacob

Jon on the same jump as Jacob's above

Jacob jumpin

Andrew sneaking off for a cleansing dip in the creek

After riding in Falls City we decided not to stay there the night after hearing that numerous cars in the area had been broken into. We drove to Hood River to meet up with Gene Harb, a friend from school. After arriving in Hood River we began looking for camping. On the way we passed numerous orchards. Jacob was curious about the fruit in a particular tree and so he pulled up along side one to get John to grab one to figure out what it was... as he pulled away he also pulled the roof rack and three bikes off his car!!!!

Luckily the bikes, car and roof rack were fine.

HAHAHA so proud

After our adventures with the car and finding camping we rode in Post Canyon, right in Hood River. The Seven Springs trail was at the bottom of a free ride trail. It rode along side a stream and made it a very pleasant trail.

John and Andrew

Jon

John resting after the ride

And now we come to the end of the trip... We are in Bellingham, Washington after spending a night in Portland and a night in Seattle. We are all about to go our separate ways. Jon Angermeier is living in Bellingham this summer and going to school here in the fall. John Pendery is moving to Asheville. Andrew Irby is moving back to Brevard. And Jacob Roland and I are going to India for three weeks. This was the perfect beginning to an adventurous summer.

Jon in Post Canyon