Saturday August 1 – Monday August 3, 2018
We have never watched the Buckeyes play while having breakfast but that’s what we did on Saturday. Game was at 9 AM here. (Buckeyes 71 Oregon State 31) Then to make it an even better day, we watched the “team up north” get beat by Notre Dame. Oh perfect day!!
On Sunday we moved on to Pine Meadows Campground on Cottage Grove Lake. It’s a Corps of Engineers campground so only $11.00 a night for us.
Monday morning we road the Row River Trail from Cottage Grove to Culp Creek. I chose this trail because Cottage Grove is the “Covered Bridge Capital” of Oregon.
We saw a couple other bridges from a distance. I was a bit disappointed they weren’t closer to the trail. It was a fun trail. Through forests and meadows and beautiful valleys far below the trail.
There was an uphill grade for about 6 miles then the trail leveled out for the next 10 miles until we reached Culp Creek Trailhead.
We stopped at a farm market for some vegetables on our way back. The gentleman there told us that the lake was always a bit lower this time of year but extremely low now because an error was made and too much water was released from the dam.
This was our 4th and final ride in Oregon. We reached our 100 mile goal. Tomorrow we are headed for the Oregon coast to spend a day beachcombing and tidepooling. Later in the week we are meeting our friend Pete at Lake in the Woods near Klamsth Falls.
- Historic Columbia River Trail
- Riverfront Trail at The Dalles
- Banks-Vernonia State Trail
- Row River Trail