Portland, Oregan
After an amazing time, i have left europe and arrived in Portland, Oregan for my next adventure...... riding across Washington state on dirt bikes!
I met ryan and Brian at the airport last night after a long but relatively stress free flight. Naturally, being in a new city we went out for a quick drink..... which quickly turned in to a few drinks with Thor, one of the guys who is riding with us and who is also a pretty damn good rider..... he was on Jackass 2 and did a complete loop the loop!
Waking up the next day was easier than expected.... a lot easier! considering that, now, because i have'nt drunk much for ages, i get drunk off 2 beers and we downed at least 7 each! Brian and I spent the day getting stuff ready for the trip. Ryan picked up the beautiful Tara from the airport. After a long day of driving around looking for a new stills camera (unsuccessfully) it was time to head back home and actually learn how to ride a motorbike! especially when the trail we are riding is quite difficult in some places.
So, Ryan and I were in the same boat. He had'nt riden a motorbike for 10 years.... and i had only ridden a motorbike once in my life (excluding the amazing ginger moped of course) and was'nt very good at it back then! So, after some great wisdom from Brian it was time to jump on and give it a go. Wearing full body armor and helmet i sat on the bike rearing to go. Unluckily for me i was blessed with short beautiful legs which make it very hard to touch the ground.... so it was a little difficult to even get on the bike at first. Ryan laughed, he has incredibly long legs. I started the bike, cranked it in to 1st gear and away i went.... nervously awaiting the accidental wheelie that could occur from too much throttle, but, to my amazement, I did'nt do that this time! (last time i almost fell off the back of max's bike) Ryan then had a go and took to the bike like a worm to mud.
After some practice Brian decided to take us to a park to learn some skills. But, on the way we were stopped by a guy in a car. I thought he was an off duty cop who was going to tell me off for filming on the back of the bike without a permit... but it turned out he was a wicked wicked guy who wanted to know about camera's. So, after a small chat he took us to his 'boat house' for a beer. The boat house was incredible! amazing in fact! he also had his 42 foot sail boat docked on his deck outside and then had his speed boat down the other side of his house! So tomorrow he has invited us around for dinner and a wakeboard which will be good fun.
Portland really is a beautiful city. This evening i was watching hundreds of geese fly in and land in the river against a stunning sunset of green and blue colors. Took a mental picture because my stills camera is broken so sorry i could'nt share. Maybe they will be there tomorrow.
am in a happy happy mood right now.
I met ryan and Brian at the airport last night after a long but relatively stress free flight. Naturally, being in a new city we went out for a quick drink..... which quickly turned in to a few drinks with Thor, one of the guys who is riding with us and who is also a pretty damn good rider..... he was on Jackass 2 and did a complete loop the loop!
Waking up the next day was easier than expected.... a lot easier! considering that, now, because i have'nt drunk much for ages, i get drunk off 2 beers and we downed at least 7 each! Brian and I spent the day getting stuff ready for the trip. Ryan picked up the beautiful Tara from the airport. After a long day of driving around looking for a new stills camera (unsuccessfully) it was time to head back home and actually learn how to ride a motorbike! especially when the trail we are riding is quite difficult in some places.
So, Ryan and I were in the same boat. He had'nt riden a motorbike for 10 years.... and i had only ridden a motorbike once in my life (excluding the amazing ginger moped of course) and was'nt very good at it back then! So, after some great wisdom from Brian it was time to jump on and give it a go. Wearing full body armor and helmet i sat on the bike rearing to go. Unluckily for me i was blessed with short beautiful legs which make it very hard to touch the ground.... so it was a little difficult to even get on the bike at first. Ryan laughed, he has incredibly long legs. I started the bike, cranked it in to 1st gear and away i went.... nervously awaiting the accidental wheelie that could occur from too much throttle, but, to my amazement, I did'nt do that this time! (last time i almost fell off the back of max's bike) Ryan then had a go and took to the bike like a worm to mud.
After some practice Brian decided to take us to a park to learn some skills. But, on the way we were stopped by a guy in a car. I thought he was an off duty cop who was going to tell me off for filming on the back of the bike without a permit... but it turned out he was a wicked wicked guy who wanted to know about camera's. So, after a small chat he took us to his 'boat house' for a beer. The boat house was incredible! amazing in fact! he also had his 42 foot sail boat docked on his deck outside and then had his speed boat down the other side of his house! So tomorrow he has invited us around for dinner and a wakeboard which will be good fun.
Portland really is a beautiful city. This evening i was watching hundreds of geese fly in and land in the river against a stunning sunset of green and blue colors. Took a mental picture because my stills camera is broken so sorry i could'nt share. Maybe they will be there tomorrow.
am in a happy happy mood right now.
posted by Lance Wordsworth @ 6:28 PM
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