Fifth 2019 Coffeeneuring ride

It's a Friday and starting my third week, it's on my training route I call the SW Ramble, it's rouighly an hour long and about 1,000 ft of climbing.  I've worked out some changes to avoid the busiest, narrowest hill climb, so today my GPS told me I'd gone 11.4 miles and climbed 1,254ft.  It took 1:48 including my 27 minute stop to order and drink my Friday Mocha.

It's a neighborhood coffee house in the Maplewood district of SW Portland,  I've been by it many times, but vowed to make it my first visit.  The coffee was good and the place was quite busy with customers.  The building is an old convenience store and Post Office from the past.  the password for the WiFi indicates that is had been a Post Office in 1911.  At that time, it would not have been incorporated into the city limits of Portland.

Some photo evidence that i got there by bike. That's my handlebar bag on the table.  My maroon Surly locked on the noodle outside.and the Mocha in the mug I'd brought along.

A view out the window to the right of me is below and shows that it really is a neighborhood place.

Fourth Coffeeneuring ride of 2019

this time it started out as a ride to the nearest Post Office to send off some items for my better half.  Then back to my old stomping grounds and I was early enough to add some elevation gain to the ride there.  Got the same bike locker and had another choir practice, then walked across the sky bridge to the Starbucks located in the Doernbecker Children's Hospital.  The decorations there are very nice and they really are not flying around the room.  I included the top of my re-usable cup (and got $0.10 off)for having it) is in the foreground.

Distance was 12.1 miles and 1,064 ft of gain.  I finished the coffee while making the return ride back to home.

Third Coffeeneuring ride of 2019

In addition to satisfying my need for a Friday Mocha, I rode over to my credit union to deposit some cash that I felt was better to have in the bank than in a drawer.  The weather was overcast and showery, but I was lucky that I didn't really get wet, nor did I have to fight the SW wind very much.  The leaf fall was the riskiest feature, along with the showers made for a lot of the bike lanes full of wet leafs, not something I wanted to make turns on.

Got to bank then rode back to a Starbucks at NW 21st and Lovejoy, to explore a different one.  Took this photo and got my Grande Mocha.   My Surly is the red frame on the noodle on the sidewalk.with the orange lock around the top of the noodle and my maroon Surly top tube.

 After that headed toward downtown again to make it back, then decided to try taking the dedicated lane that is open to cyclists along Naito Parkway, adjacent to Tom McCall Park, on the west bank of the Willamette River.  Then I came back op along side the newest MAX (light rail) line that has cycling paths to connect the largest university in Oregon, Portland State University. to the river crossing.  It was along that stretch, that my riding buddy texted me to meet him at our neighborhood bakery,  Baker & Spice..  Good chatting and did not have another coffee/

Then is was another 1/2 mile to get home through the parking lot of Wilson High School.

Mileage total was 15.4 miles with 1,278 feet of elevation gain.

2nd Coffeeneuring adventure of 2019

Here we go. Took the hill climbing route to get to the bike locker in the VAMC parking garage I had used when I was still a working stiff.

Locker #51.  Then to shower and change to go to my second VA Voices choir practice for a Christmas song performance in December.   Mali Kalikimaki.

6.2 miles (683 ft of gain ) to get there  and 3.4 miles to get home. Makes a total of 9.6 miles for the round trip.

Here’s a vague view of Mt Hood just above the grass plant.  From the front side of the VAMC on the 3rd of nine floors. And they had the good sense to put all the in-patient rooms on this side of the hospital.

Day 1 and first Coffeeneuring ride of 2019

On errands to shop and return deposit bottles after collecting enough to match the 20 lb. limit on the Bottle Drop bag, where they count the number of deposit containers contained in their plastic bag, then credit my account.  They do charge $0.35 per bag, so it’s most efficient to maximize the number of deposit containers therein.

Then went shopping at the neighboring Fred Meyers ( a Kroger store) with the Travoy trailer  and picked up 4 2 liter bottles of club soda.  Then it was to the Starbucks for my Friday Mocha.  That’s why that second segment took so long.  More time at the hardware store across the street from the Starbucks and then back up our 200 ft hill to get home.

I did use my Garmin VivoActive watch to record the ride, as it automatically loads it to RWGPS.
The image is a screen shot from my phone’s Garmin Connect app.  The 0.92 miles was to go down the hill with the empty bottles. And the 1.80 is for the trip from Fred Meyers to Starbucks to the A-Boy hardware to home.

The SB and hardware stores are at the corner of SW Barbur & Terwilliger in Portland, OR