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Bigger adventures needing more than a weekend away from Portland

Alpine Lakes Wilderness: a solo bike-to-backpack adventure:)

Alright. I said that maybe I would write about this later, and here I am, much later;) But all summer, I’ve been jealously safeguarding a 10-day block of time I had off as my “sacred solo stasia time” — in part because last year I felt like I didn’t quite …

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stasia September 6, 2025 September 7, 2025Bigger Adventures, Solo Travel 4

On being slow

I just got back this week from a very lovely solo bike-and-backpack adventure, which maybe I will write more about later. But something I was thinking a lot about while out rambling was speed. . (stopping to take pictures does not make you fast, heh) From part of my trip, …

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stasia August 14, 2025 August 14, 2025Bigger Adventures, Random Thoughts, Solo Travel 0

A year later…

Yesterday was a year to the day that James and I flew back from Portland, Maine at the conclusion of our cross-country bike trip. Aww! I didn’t really expect to feel sentimental about it, but I kind of do! In fact, I almost got distracted from writing anything at all …

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stasia September 17, 2023 October 7, 2023Bigger Adventures 2

Wy’East by bicycle with the bitty bro!

A million years ago, my brother and I talked in the abstract about biking to Mt. Hood (to be all settler-name about it) and climbing it. The conversation went something along the lines of why haven’t you climbed Mt. Hood yet when you live so close to it? (him) and …

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stasia June 6, 2023 June 6, 2023Bigger Adventures, Favorites 17
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