We climbed South west, out of Mosier canyon on Huskey Road. I had taken the chains off and didn't want to stop to put them back on. It was raining in Mosier and the road was clear until we got quite a ways out of town. Then it got pretty slippery, but by standing on the rear pegs I could get enough weight over the back wheel to keep climbing. I would lean on the handlebars to get the front tire to bite in the corners. We did OK until just below the summit of Huskey, when I lost it and fishtailed sideways off the road. Amy got out of the sidecar and climbed on back of the bike and we were able to continue without chaining up. Putting all the weight on the bike made the rig a little unstable. The sidecar had a tendency to pop off the ground in corners and over bumps so Amy had to shift between the passenger seat and the sidecar, neither sitting on the bike nor in the hack. When we cleared the top she moved back into the sidecar for the trip back down the other side...

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