Bicycle Rides Northwest tour make camp at City Park in Pomeroy
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Camp Central amenities were marked by signs such as this one, the marker for the phone charging station. Director of Camp Central, Erin Biskup, right insert, managed hundreds of bikers making their way from Walla Walla to the Joseph, Oregon area.
POMEROY-Bicycle Rides Northwest, a nonprofit bike tour organization, brought hundreds of bikers to Pomeroy on June 23. The bikers spent the night in tents set up on the Lybecker football field, and BRNW set up 'camp central' in the Pomeroy City Park. Their crew set up a bike repair tent, first aid station, portable showers and restrooms, a snack bar and food trucks, and a phone charging station, all under the management of Erin Biskup, Director of Camp Central. The tour began in Walla Walla and traveled through Eligin and Joseph Oregon, and Field Springs State Park before coming to Pomeroy. They then traveled back to Walla Walla on June 24 to complete the tour, with an optional ride on June 25. Each day's travel averaged 57 miles, and the entire trip traveled 400 miles. The average age of the riders is mid-60s.
Jim Moore, Executive Director of BRNW, said "Pomeroy has been so welcoming and today we had a headwind all the way from Clarkston. To come to a beautiful oasis like this city park is a real treat for our riders."
BRNW organizes two big tours per year throughout Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and northern California, and has been attempting this one since 2020. First the tour was canceled because of Covid-19 in 2020, and then by wildfires in 2021. "We are so happy to be here," Moore said.
