Sweetpea Bicycles

Last weekend we were around an hour into a long training ride, and we were having trouble figuring out where to go. We had exhausted many of our usual rides, and the day was just begging for something new.

We first made the mistake of trying to think about it and talk about where to go; but then, just like in the movie “Field of Dreams”, the answer just sort of hit us. “Turn right.” And at that point something about this bike ride, something we do everyday, something was different. We were officially off the grid.

Now there are cyclists out there that probably ride this road all the time, and it may even be on the “Top Five Oregon Roads for Biking. . .Ever”, you yourself may have to drive this road everyday. But to us it was new. To us it was exploring.

The roads were beautiful, then terrible, then beautiful, then gravel. There were hills, dear reader. There were hills. But regardless of the terrain, there was just something thrilling about being out on the road without really knowing where we were. In fact at the time, staying kind of lost seemed like a reasonable idea. I think that we discovered (I should say re-discovered, because we have all been there) that as long as you have a patch kit, some food, and some water; that is all you really need to get off the grid and into some crazy fun.