With early torrential rains and low temperatures, it seemed as if Friday morning’s Gorge Tour might not happen.  But two of our hardy tour participants, Susan and Chris of Boulder, Co. , decided to brave the elements anyway in order to experience the scenic Columbia River Gorge and its many lovely waterfalls.  Susan and Chris came to Portland to show a 2 minute fake sausage commercial at Portland’s Faux Film Festival taking place at the Hollywood Theater this weekend.

While Susan and Chris are accustomed to rough mountain bike trails and have hiked extensively in Alaska, Washington and Central America, Friday morning’s rain proved challenging.  Even so there were smiles on their faces as we strolled alongside the Gorge’s unique waterfalls and admired it’s beautiful vistas.  And they were quick enough riders that we all had time to do an extra hike at the end of the ride.  Awesome job guys!

With my tour participants exhibiting such great riding mettle, I figured the least Pedal Bike Tours could do is show up to support them at the film festival.    So at 7 pm last night, I was fortunate enough to see Susan and Chris’s handiwork as I sat through “A Great way to Start the Day,” one of the racier 2 min. fake sausage commercials I have even seen.  The rest of the shorts were as much fun, and I even made it through the 1:40 min. feature “Scream of the Bikini.” Alas I was too tired to attend the after party at Sam’s Billiards.

I highly recommend checking out the rest of the festival tonight and Sunday.  You can view Susan and Chris’s other projects at Luna Moth Productions.