Day 5. Hood River up to Government Camp

This was a 46-mile, 5300'-climb day.

This ride was up, up and more up.  Making matters worse, we dropped our chain a couple of times and one of those times involved a 20-minute ordeal to get moving again.  But it was a pretty ride.

This is Mt. Hood from the NE side.  The haze is smoke from a nearby forest fire.

Part of our ascent took us by a fruit market.  Pears, peaches and cherries are grown in the Hood River Valley.  We sampled and they were delicious.  We didn't realize there was a seat Kris could have sat in as tractor driver.  We were a bit brain-dead from the climb.  We had dead legs from the off-day the day before and not enough sleep.  (Bob, you need to add this tractor to your collection.)

After we crested the summit and were going around the SE side of Mt. Hood, we got a good view of that side.  The most exciting thing for us was Kris taking the pic at 43 mph. Nice smooth descent! And it was a good reward for having climbed almost 5000'.