Flickr GoodReads RSS
CarFreeRambles
-human-powered adventure-
 
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Resources and Blogs
Local Camping

Category Archives: Local Camping

Ideas for camping within a day’s ride from Portland

When your bike trip doesn’t quite work out

Sometimes, when you make a plan to go somewhere exciting, the roads are too scary (Highway 26 on a sunny Memorial Day weekend, I’m looking at you), or the alternate roads too nonexistent (logging roads privatized or closed since my map was printed, I’m looking at you, too). Or maybe …

Continue reading

stasia •May 30, 2017Local Camping
3

Bike camping season: begin! (Oxbow and Eagle Creek from Portland)

This last week officially marked the real start of bike camping season for me. It’s a little late this year, I think, for a few reasons. One is that during my first break of the year, when last year I took advantage of the time to take a mini trip …

Continue reading

stasia •May 18, 2017Local Camping
4

Stub Stewart redux: cabin camping in the snow

Speaking of crazy weather… A looooong time ago, my buddy Pete, who I met forever ago on a Cycle Wild trip, planned a weekend cabin-camping bike excursion to Stub Stewart. In fact, his planning is what initially reminded me that cabin camping was even an option, and what led to …

Continue reading

stasia •December 12, 2016Local Camping, Weather
2

Stub Stewart cabin camping: escapism or revitalization? :)

A few weeks ago, when I realized that I had both Veteran’s Day and the day before it off, I’d schemed a mini adventure for myself: bike out to Stub Stewart State Park Wednesday night after work and spend two weekday nights in a cabin there — running, hiking, reading, …

Continue reading

stasia •November 15, 2016Local Camping
2
‹1234›»
  • Recent Posts

    • Happy new year!
    • Totally randomly…
    • Winter sunrises
    • Portland to the Coast!
    • Embracing the dark, Part 2: Biking!
  • Ask and ye shall find

  • Who’s talking?

    • stasia on Portland to the Coast!
    • adventure! on Portland to the Coast!
    • Peter Rhodes on Portland to the Coast!
    • stasia on Portland to the Coast!
    • adventurepdx on Portland to the Coast!
  • Subscribe

    Loading
  • January 2021
    M T W T F S S
     123
    45678910
    11121314151617
    18192021222324
    25262728293031
    « Dec    
  • The Big Picture

    • Bigger Adventures
    • Bike Programs
    • Commuting
    • Favorites
    • Fitness
    • Great Ideas
    • Infrastructure
    • Local Camping
    • Materials and Gear
    • Non-bike-specific Car-free Rambles
    • Portland
    • Random Thoughts
    • Rides and Randonnees
    • Road Etiquette
    • Solo Travel
    • Tales from the Trail
    • Things You Might See While Biking
    • Uncategorized
    • Weather
Thanks for visiting!
Sit down and stay a while! :)
Flickr GoodReads RSS
  • Bigger Adventures
  • Portland
  • Random Thoughts
  • Rides and Randonnees
  • Materials and Gear
  • Bike Programs
  • Things You Might See While Biking
  • Favorites
  • Commuting
Powered by Tempera & WordPress.