Daily biking in Portland
I needed a breather today and took myself on a long and rambling afternoon bike ride, complete with a few park stops as well as a sneak-attack phone call with a dear friend in the middle:) It was exactly what I needed: over the course of a few hours, I …
Three women at the top of Mt Tabor were peering intently into some tree, really high up, with binoculars this morning, and I stopped my run for a sec to ask them what they were looking at. “A great horned owl and its babies!” one of them answered, and gave …
It is such a relief that the Portland roads are ice-free and clear — not just the major roads full of cars but the lower-traffic neighborhood greenways and bike paths too — and I can ride my bike again. Last week I would have told you that I was doing …
Alright, mostly I’ve been wearing what I call my snow boots (i.e. my warm cozy boots:) with microspikes, not my rubber boots, these days — because it is icy icy icy in Portland and it has been pretty damn comical trying to walk without extra traction. . (doug-fir needles with …
