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Oops: routefinding mistakes on a bike

Sometimes on your bike, you find just the right route and all is well. And sometimes, you end up on a controlled access freeway with semi trucks whizzing past at 80mph. (oops!!) I just found this picture again today while I was looking for something else. It’s from my fall …

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stasia February 1, 2016 January 31, 2016Infrastructure, Random Thoughts 2

Reason #5 billion why viable public transit rocks (Or, ode to Trimet)

When I was a wee one, my dad once took me and an elementary-school friend hiking in Muir Woods. I have no idea what my brother and my mom were up to then, but on this rainy, dreary day, the Dad-me-Carolyn triad bundled ourselves up and went down to the …

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stasia January 27, 2016 January 27, 2016Non-bike-specific Car-free Rambles, Portland 7

Don’t get TOO excited, but…

… first signs of spring!!   What with the intermittent sun for the last few days, the relatively warm temperatures, the fact that I’ve started hearing frogs along the Springwater, and, now, crocuses in our front yard, SO EXCITED!!! :) I know not to hinge too many of my hopes …

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stasia January 24, 2016 January 24, 2016Weather 4

Tales from the Trail: Darkness (and homelessness)

Darkness. Back when I worked at the zoo, I wrote a post here that still often swirls through my mind. It was about how much I loved the utter darkness of my commute through Washington Park after the sun went down. I think of that post often, especially in a …

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stasia January 18, 2016 January 23, 2016Portland, Tales from the Trail 8
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