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Tysasi: Faraday Road is closed due to landslides, so we had to detour *up* OR224
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Tysasi: The Clackamas River under sunny skies
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Tysasi: A bend in the Clackamas River
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Tysasi: NFD 45 bridge
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Tysasi: Winding higher along the Clackamas River
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Tysasi: Looking back (and at an angle) at the Clackamas River
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Tysasi: Fast moving water on the Clackamas River
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Tysasi: Approaching the ramp up to Ripplebrook
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Tysasi: The last low-land bridge over the Clackamas River
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Tysasi: The flowers are in full bloom
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Tysasi: A wetland just this side of Ripplebrook
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Tysasi: Two bicycles in front of the building where the Ripplebrook store used to be
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Tysasi: Ed leads the way up NFD 57 while I hang back and take some pictures
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Tysasi: Winding up the valley towards Timothy Lake
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Tysasi: Ed on NFD 57
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Tysasi: A flat section before the turn onto NFD 58
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Tysasi: NFD58 is to the left, gravel is directly ahead
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Tysasi: Winding up (and up and UP!) on NFD 58
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Tysasi: A little patch of snow at ~3900 feet
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Tysasi: High Rock
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Tysasi: Mount Jefferson from NFD 58
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Tysasi: Ed rolls along towards Mount Hood, but what's that white stuff on the road?
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Tysasi: Ed walks his bicycle over an 18 inch drift
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Tysasi: Not what I expected to see on my bicycle wheels on June 25th
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Tysasi: In the middle of the snowy section
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Tysasi: An the snow keeps going on and on
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Tysasi: NFD 5860 is the direction to Timothy Lake, if you're into completely unsigned gravel roads that aren't significantly shorter than the paved route
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Tysasi: Loose gravel + snow on an 1100 foot descent
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Tysasi: Note the COMPLETE ABSENCE of signage here
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Tysasi: NFD 5890 is paved further down towards Timothy Lake, but it's not paved here