Day 4 Mt Hood Hut to Hut Circumnavigation on the MTB

Erin concocted a stellar green chicken curry on Saturday night...amazing what some creativity can do with limited resources for food!  We once again went to bed with full bellies and woke up to the haze in the air.

The awesome dinner the night before was followed up with some banana pancakes for breakfast just to make sure we all left full!  Mission accomplished.  

Day 4 was our last day on the bikes...bittersweet...

The profile for the ride looked encouraging...it was mostly downhill back to Hood River and we certainly were not disappointed with the prospect of an easier day.  There were options to take a couple of detours.  One option was to tie into the Post Canyon trail system and the other was to go to Lost Lake.  We decided neither was all that appealing.  Post Canyon would probably be a zoo on Sunday (weekend) and most likely not super fun loaded down with a bunch of gear.  Lost Lake lost it allure considering the reason to do it was for views and there was still a thick smoky haze in the air.  

We took the path of least resistance and opted for the mellow ride back in.  We spent the day making our way back to Hood River via dirt roads and paved roads.  I did not even bother to take pictures as we headed back to the starting point. 

It was indeed a short day (about 2 1/2 hrs of ride time) and we made it back to the car without incident.  Once at the car we wanted to hit the Pfriem brewery for a post circumnavigation celebratory beer.  The celebration was we had a b-day in the house so it seemed like a great logical finishing place to toss a beer back and chillz before heading back home where life awaited us.