7th Coffeenuering Adventure

In the Knick of time.

I thought I’d go to a Starbucks over a mile away, but on the way, figured that I’d already used that outlet before heading down to McMinville.  As there is a high density of them, and I had some expiring stars come December 1, I went to the one that’s just down the hill from where I live.

It’s not enough distance to ride here directly so I took a more circuitous route back to here along OR 99W, with nice bike lanes, except over the old bridges.  By 2027 a new Light Rail is proposed that should go along the same route and make improvements for cycling and pedestrians.

Anyway, back to “business”.  This is the 7th, where I started my week on a Tuesday and kept it to no more than two credit rides per week.  Total Distance was 4.7 miles.

That’s all for 2018.

6th coffeeneuring ride today

my weeks start on Tuesdays for counting the trips by bicycle to coffee dispensaries. This one was also a trip to the bank as well as heading up for another choir practice.  Stopped at one of many Starbucks that exist in this city, yet not visited on any other coffeeeuring trips.

I’d gone 11.7 miles to get here.

 Then another 4 miles to get to practice, then later on to home.  That is my bike outside, as I wanted to be able to keep a eye on it, Portland suffers a lot of bicycle theft.

Fifth Coffeeneuring trip 2.4 miles RT

Down the hill on a chili morning with the Surly and Travoy combination to run a couple errands.  First stop is a mailbox to send back a Netflix DVD.  Second is at Fred Meyers to drop off a bag of plastic bags, they seem to accept plastic film.  At the site of Freddy’s bottle return center they installed a Bottle Drop center, where prepared bags filled with deposit bottles can be dropped off and counted for me.  Thet way, I don’t have to drive about 4 miles and risk waiting up to 15 minutes for a machine to feed it one bottle at a time, oh, and not too fast.

So for $0.55 a 20 pound bag, I can ride my bike, use the trailer, and still get most of my deposits back.

  That’s what the non-human interface with Bottle Drop looks like.

Then it up to my neighborhood Starbucks for a brew.  Bring the Travoy trailer inside, keep the bike in sight, take a more traditional coffeeuering photograph.  Kudos to the the Showers Pass waterproof gloves, they keep my hands warm on this 44º clear morning with an east wind from the interior.

Happy Sunday.

4Th Coffeenuering trip

Over the hills to my former worksite to get to another choir practice.  Got coffee at a genuine Starbucks in the children’s hospital up on Pill Hill.

Round trip distance was 7.0 miles, and I got my usual Pike Place black.

Third Coffeeneuring adventure

From Portland to McMinville for coffee?  Sure thing, and the receipt was also good for an open control on this dry cold Permanent.  Makes a better coffeeuering photo, but this one doesn’t count.
A 200km route, it’s an out-and-back route, this coffee was at 100km.

The coffee was also effective to head into the headwind that had gotten stronger as we were there. The pastry was needed, as well.

This day did have a creditable event.  Even though this is a “pay to play” permanent brevet that cost $0,  I did ride to the official start and did buy and enjoy a cup of Joe before starting off, it’s about 2.5 mile from my house to the Multnomah Village start, and not much is open at that time of day.

The drink was a tall Pike Place and here’s an image of the receipt. As I was busy with clothing and paperwork for the brevet, didn’t get a good photo of the cup when I drank it.  It turned out to be a colder morning than I expected,  It is November, after all.

2nd Coffeeneuring outing

Back Up there for another choir practice.

8.4 miles round trip. 895 ft of elevation gained. That box is where the bike is stored while in street clothes and singing Christmas songs.

The purveyor of the brew is the VA Canteen service, with a license to serve Starbucks in the atrium of the hospital lobby.