[RBW] Re: Seattle tour Oct. 1st: weather too iffy?

2013-06-06 Thread bo richardson
I dont know how you are planning to get here in the first place but. if the weather has turned here when you are ready to leave you could initiate Plan B and go to Ashland Oregon and do spokes on a wheel touring from there. Ashland has restaurants and there should be good theatre in the

[RBW] Re: Seattle tour Oct. 1st: weather too iffy?

2013-06-06 Thread Shawn Granton
On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 1:53:24 PM UTC-7, Andy Smitty Schmidt wrote: Kind of what Stone Hog said... anything after mid-September is questionable. That said, we can have beautiful weather through mid-late Oct. Even if days are nice, nights will be cool to cold depending on elevation.

Re: [RBW] Re: Seattle tour Oct. 1st: weather too iffy?

2013-06-06 Thread Anne Paulson
Going to Ashland could be Plan A, in fact. I like Ashland. We'd probably take the train to the start of the tour, but Ashland is easy to get to from Klamath Falls. On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:06 AM, bo richardson borus...@gmail.com wrote: I dont know how you are planning to get here in the first

[RBW] Re: Seattle tour Oct. 1st: weather too iffy?

2013-06-05 Thread Deacon Patrick
There's no such thing as bad wether, just bad clothing. Grin. I can't speak to the specifics of the Pacific NW in October, but this general rule of getting quality clothing that works for every condition/activity yields a lot of wonderful fruit -- seeing things and places at times others

Re: [RBW] Re: Seattle tour Oct. 1st: weather too iffy?

2013-06-05 Thread Anne Paulson
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Deacon Patrick lamontg...@mac.com wrote: There's no such thing as bad wether, just bad clothing. Well... just because I can dress for camping in the rain doesn't mean I like camping in the rain. I find packing up and leaving in a rainstorm depressing. Drizzle

[RBW] Re: Seattle tour Oct. 1st: weather too iffy?

2013-06-05 Thread Andy Smitty Schmidt
Kind of what Stone Hog said... anything after mid-September is questionable. That said, we can have beautiful weather through mid-late Oct. Even if days are nice, nights will be cool to cold depending on elevation. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[RBW] Re: Seattle tour Oct. 1st: weather too iffy?

2013-06-05 Thread Jay Lonner
Early October is arguably my favorite time of year here. The rains don't usually set in for real until November, and while the nights can get chilly the days frequently are beautiful. Alpine routes typically are wide-open, and the mosquitoes and black flies are mostly dead. If you're

Re: [RBW] Re: Seattle tour Oct. 1st: weather too iffy?

2013-06-05 Thread Deacon Patrick
Yeah, that would be the no bad weather part of the equation. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 2:30:07 PM UTC-6, Anne Paulson wrote: On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Deacon Patrick lamon...@mac.comjavascript: wrote: There's no such thing as bad wether, just bad