{"id":37556,"date":"2025-08-13T23:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=37556"},"modified":"2025-08-13T23:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:53:30","slug":"east-of-brownsville-on-northern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=37556","title":{"rendered":"East of Brownsville on Northern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a busted backpacking trip that never got started (Red Flag Warnings, T-Storms, rain, etc …), I hopped on the Salsa gravel bike and headed out on an OR scenic bikeway to Brownsville and then out east of town on Northern – a great ride out of Brownsville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I left home around 6:30 and traffic was thin all the way to Brownsville where I stopped for lunch at the historical park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The treat was heading out further east on Northern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The valley was hazy at best, smoky at worst. Ag dust was just rolling upward from almost every farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As I came back into town, construction held traffic and I hid under a tree. Then, I looked up<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By the time I arrived back home around 12:30, it was HOT and time to go inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Geek Cellar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Packs<\/strong>: Handlebar and Frame packs only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bike Carbon Bank<\/strong>: 5 hours for 14.75 ltd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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