This, ladies and gentlemen, is an osprey: (picture from Wikipedia) They hang out and breed in Portland during the spring and summer, then head south come fall like I want to do sometimes. They’re pretty amazing birds with my favorite fish-grabbing dive ever, and as winter turns spring-like I make …
Sometimes, you make plans to go bike camping and everything works out: the sky is blue, the air is warm, the wind is at your back. You have an idyllic ride to your destination, set up camp and explore the beautiful world, maybe hanging out around a fire when the …
Saturday! Valentine’s day! I’d planned to spend the day biking, since I thought I would ride the Oregon Randonneurs’ 200k route. But when I looked at the route they had planned, I noticed it was an out-and-back on many roads that I’ve already ridden on a bunch, and I was …
Remember randonneuring? That thing I used to do sometimes where I’d get on my bike and ride for miles and miles and miles? No, I don’t mean normal life when I just ride for miles and miles and miles because of the sheer joy of it, I mean those semi-organized …
