Banks to Vernonia Ride

James and I felt we needed an 'escape' from responsibilities for a while and left early this morning for a bike ride. We drove an hour west of here to Banks and then embarked on our 37 mile (round-trip) ride. The day was sunny and warm and the scenery was beautiful.

We spent 4 hours getting there, stopping along the way to look at the scenery and eating a lunch we packed. The ride to Vernonia was mostly uphill; and so the ride back took only 1.5 hours at speeds of 20 mph at times. We had dinner in Banks before heading back home.

We had a very relaxing day with our friends Chuck and Robin.