Bridge Pedal 2005! 

Bridge Pedal 2005!

Despite the crowd, the event was awesome. It was so much fun riding our bikes down the freeways and the bridges that are VERY SCARY to ride on normally.

We started at the Salmon Street Fountain and went first across the Hawthorne Bridge.






This is taken from the Ross Island Bridge.


This is looking from the Marquam Bridge at the Ross Island Bridge.

Nathan on the Marquam (I-5) Bridge!

You can see our house from here!


Nathan hanging out on the Burnside Bridge:


My absolute favorite was the Fremont (I-405) Bridge. It's the youngest and biggest of the Portland bridges. It's the big white one with the flags. Yeah, the really high one!


Looking North:

And Looking South:


When we woke up that 90 degree Sunday morning and looked out our windows, the cars were gone and instead was a traffic jam of bicycles. And when we were in it, it moved slow, yes, sometimes frustrating, but so much better than a traffic jam with motors. It's hard to demonize a person you're literally rubbing elbows with; who you can smell and whose hair keeps blowing in your face.

Now that I, the greatest wimp who ever lived, moved up on top of this crazy hill and pumped my way across all of the bridges in one day, I feel like I can do anything. :) Next year, Le Tour, and I'm going to get that Polka Dot Jersey, and I will be the Queen of the Hill, officially.