Here's my first trip report. I got a new mountain bike back in November. It's designed for long rides and racing, rather than the gnarliest terrain, and it's quite a pleasure to ride. Here the bike is, on Fisher Hill Road, near Lyle, Washington.
In late November and early December, I made several trips out to the Klickitat Rail Trail. It's in Lyle, Washington. On the other side of the Cascades, it is dry and usually sunny. On my first trip, though, I rode out under overcast skies.
The trail follows the Klickitat River upstream from its confluence with the Columbia. This is a salmon river, and Indians from the Yakama Reservation nearby make quite an industry out of fishing out and selling the salmon. Their commerce is protected by treaty rights signed many years ago.
The trail is one of many "rails to trails" in Washington. These are railroad corridors that have fallen out of use, been bought by the state or a non-profit, and retrofitted as multi-use trails. Some are paved, but luckily this one isn't. In some places the trail is overgrown, and provides an easy singletrack experience.
As the day ended, the clouds opened up a little and the sunlight was real nice on the autumn colors!
Here's light on the hills surrounding the river:
Hope you enjoyed reading!
Again beautiful colors . . . remind me of the colors in East Tennessee/North Carolina mountains. I am impressed by the brightness of the colors of the pix of your hiking . . . how would you describe the difference in the colors of the Smokies and the mountains in your pix? Herman
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