Daily biking in Portland
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m totally behind the times here, but it turns out that the Portland Bureau of Transportation hosts a lunchtime brown bag talk every month, all about bicycle issues! Apparently this has been happening since January 2007, so that will show you how behind …
1. Take the looooong way home on the Marine Drive bike path, along the Columbia River, on a sunny day. Watch the various waterfowl swim and dive along the shore. 2. Come up on an older fellow also biking along the path; cheerily call out “on your left!” and smile …
Though I was planning to get a whole bunch of work done yesterday, the relative sunshine enticed me out for adventure. When it’s sunny in February in Oregon, after all, you’ve got to take advantage. Adventure rides often have no set agenda, I just turn in whatever direction seems most …
Snot rockets, or farmers blows, or whatever the heck you want to call them, are an active person’s best friend. Eventually, if you bike or run or what-have-you for long enough, you will become a pro at this convenient (and eco-friendly: no tissue required!:) way to get rid of excess …
