{"id":1774,"date":"2011-07-26T17:56:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T01:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=1774"},"modified":"2013-04-10T14:03:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T22:03:08","slug":"windy-day-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/windy-day-on-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Windy Day On The Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I went on a road bike ride from Hood River, down old Highway 30, into The Dalles, up and over Seven Mile Hill, down through Mosier and back to Hood River. A little over forty miles, this is a pretty popular bike route.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the view from about 3\/4 of the way up Seven Mile Hill. You can see the Columbia River snaking off towards eastern Oregon near the top of the photo and Seven Mile Hill Road winding it&#8217;s way up Seven Mile Hill<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ViewFrom7MileHill7-26-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1775\" title=\"View From Seven Mile Hill 7-26-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ViewFrom7MileHill7-26-11.jpg\" alt=\"View From Seven Mile Hill 7-26-11\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ViewFrom7MileHill7-26-11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ViewFrom7MileHill7-26-11-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What you can&#8217;t see in the picture is the howling 20-30mph wind. Blowing from the west\/west-southwest, it was a headwind pretty much up the entire Seven Mile Hill climb. At times, I was in my lowest gear, barely moving uphill against the wind. If you weren&#8217;t paying attention, the crosswinds could blow you off the road. More than two hours of pedaling into a 20-30mph headwind; not a lot of fun. Good training, I reckon.<br \/>\nEven the downhills were sketchy in the wind. Seeing Mt. Adams in the distance meant two things; you were headed directly into the wind and you were on your way home<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MtAdams7-26-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1776\" title=\"Mt. Adams 7-26-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MtAdams7-26-11.jpg\" alt=\"Mt. Adams 7-26-11\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MtAdams7-26-11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MtAdams7-26-11-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The adventures never end around here. I think I&#8217;ve had enough wind for a while, hopefully it will calm down so we can do a little kayak fishing. Because of the late spring rain and snow causing high water and keeping higher elevation roads closed, it&#8217;s been a slim year for kayak fishing so far, we need to change that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I went on a road bike ride from Hood River, down old Highway 30, into The Dalles, up and over Seven Mile Hill, down through Mosier and back to Hood River. A little over forty miles, this is a pretty popular bike route. 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