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 …
Of course: a magical combination of feeling disgruntled about work and reading a book about long-distance adventure has once more kindled the ever-flickering stasia wanderlust. (As if it’s not enough to have just gotten back from Puerto Rico…) * Hm. I’ve now tried a whole bunch of ways to explain …
Well, as promised, an explanation of the last post. Biking from Astoria to Portland doesn’t really comprise that much elevation gain, and yet here I was: (I did not expect snow on this road. Nor did I expect it later on the Banks-Vernonia trail) That’s why it might have been …
