Ride up to Paradise

[northbend]

Good weather today so a friend and I rode up Stevens Canyon to Paradise Lodge in the Mt Rainier National Park. This is one of my favorite climbs.
Ty and his very photogenic RAMROD jersey
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/northbend/P1020538.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/northbend/P1020544.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/northbend/P1020552.jpg
At Paradise Lodge. What a great place to rest and have a snack.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/northbend/P1020555.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/northbend/P1020558.jpg

[AngryScientist]

fantastic! second set of photos this week that has me longing to go west. looks like a very enjoyable ride, thanks for sharing the photos!
:beer:

[sbparker31]

fantastic! second set of photos this week that has me longing to go west. looks like a very enjoyable ride, thanks for sharing the photos!
:beer:

I realize these are more the mountain bike type pic than road bike, but more examples of the West.

First picture is view of cute blonde overlooking town of Moab, UT.

Second picture is a random trail in the Elk Range of Colorado.

[AngryScientist]

nice parker, nice :beer:

[MattTuck]

Matt,

Nice ride, man! That's a ton of snow!!!

[LilBolt]

Matt, your ride choices this weekend were much nicer than ours. Hope to tag along with you again soon.

[Karin Kirk]

That looks like a beautiful climb, with the snowbanks, lovely weather and fantastic views of Mt. Rainier. That is definitely one of my favorite mountains and I imagine the riding around there is great.

Dave and I honeymooned by climbing Mt. Rainier followed my a week of mountain biking at Moab - so posts 1 and 2 in this thread cover that nicely. Beautiful places. :)

Thanks for sharing!

[BillG]

I love that climb and Mt Saint Helens!

[SEABREEZE]

Pictures like above nurtures the spirit, for sure !!!

Thanks for sharring.