Bigger adventures needing more than a weekend away from Portland
I guess that title’s somewhat misleading, since I’m not actually taking a bike adventure with my family. BUT my brother is currently on a bike adventure, and it makes me super happy. Kind of irrationally happy. My brother’s a professional athlete, but he generally sticks to rock climbing. So of …
On my way to Lake Tahoe last year, I had the chance to bike over Mckenzie Pass, one of Oregon’s Scenic Bikeways that stretches from east of Eugene over to Sisters, OR. It was gorgeous, an amazing climb up through Ponderosa forest to a lava-encrusted summit sparse in vegetation but …
Oh, Oregon. It’s true–both these pictures are from the same 3-day bike trip: On Monday when I left, it was a good 70 degrees and sunny. The next two days? Rain, rain, rain. And cold. I guess in this picture I hadn’t put on my beanie and extra sweatshirt layer …
Mini bike adventure time! I’m heading out tomorrow for just a few days, which means that today I’ve slowly been adding to a pile of stuff on my floor: This is what my house always looks like before I leave: a collection of the things I want to bring with …
