This past weekend  was the 5th annual Puddle Cutter Anniversary Ride. I've been to four out of the  five anniversary rides (including the first Puddle Cutter ride five years ago),  and this one was fun as usual.
 Since selling the  bus, getting mopeds from one city to another has been problematic. It's good to  find out that with some disassembly the Ciao fits neatly in the trunk of my car.  
We arrived in  Portland Saturday morning, and after putting a moped back together, and eating a  giant burrito, we headed to Powell park for the meet up.
  The ride went along the Clackamas river with lots of water and back roads. As many rides as I've done in, and around, PDX this one was completely new to me. I'm slightly jealous of Portland and how much backwoods-y riding they have that's still only a short jog from the city.

The weather held up  for the most part as we dodged the rain storm that loomed over us most of the  day and knocked out about 60 miles of riding. 
The party later that  night was nothing short of classic dumb Cutter fun. Including muddy moped dirt  bike jumps in the backyard, and far too much booze. I'm amazed the cops never  showed up.
 A short trip, about  24 hours in Portland, but that's fine. Hopefully, I'll be back in a few months  for a race or two.
 Speaking of moped  racing, this showed up on the general forum last week. It looks like a terrible  game, but I'd still play it. 
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