I took Hannah and Miriam to downtown Portland for a bike ride along the waterfront. It was cold and promising to rain, but my personal motto is “if you wait for it to stop raining, you’ll never do anything”. We packed an extra set of dry clothes just in case.
The train ride was a little dramatic as Hannah dropped her bike when it was time to board. Flustered, she turned the wheel backwards and couldn’t quite figure out what was going on and started to cry thinking she was going to miss the train. The operator wasn’t very nice either and didn’t hold the doors for us, but I stood in the doorway to prevent it from closing and we got on board ok eventually.
The bike ride was beautiful. We rode all up and down the Tom McCall waterfront area and then rode across the steel bridge to the east side of the river. Once we got across, it started to hail. We stopped under the Morrison bridge and had a snack. Naturally, the hail increased and rain was added to the mix. Not wanting to delay further, we hauled butt back to the other side of the river to the nearest Max station.
Our pants were soaking wet and our legs were frozen (it was 38 degrees outside!). Nonetheless, we weren’t doing too bad as we had warms tops and gloves. We boarded the train and headed home. We stopped at the Zoo to use the restroom so the girls could change into their dry clothes. I bought some popcorn to munch on and we made it home about 4pm.
All in all, it was a fun trip. Next time we go riding in the rain, we need to remember two things: waterproof pants and fenders for the girls bikes.
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