Eagle Cap Extreme, Portland Biking, Summer Lake Revisit

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Learn more about the Eagle Cap Extreme, Oregon's only Iditarod qualifier. Mushers lead their teams through the Wallowa Whitman National Forest in one of two races either the 100 mile or the 200 mile. The Oregon Field Guide crew accompanies the teams and along the way they become part of the story. In addition this episode of Field Guide has some incredibly beautiful shots of the Wallowa's at dawn and dusk. Portland boasts more bicycle riders than most U.S. cities so it's no wonder city planners are doing all they can to make the area as bike friendly as possible. Portland traffic and safety engineers are coming up with innovative ways to prevent accidents. Solutions modeled in bike friendly Holland are migrating to Portland. Bike boxes and designated bike routes are just a couple of the ways Portland leads the nation in bike safety. We check back in with a team of archaeologists searching caves near central Oregon's Summer Lake.