PDX-Oly-Astoria Tour, Day 2: to Centralia

Misty mountains north of KelsoI awoke this morning to rain. Looks like the further north I head, the likelihood that I'll see rain increases. Oh well. The first 15 miles out of Longview were soggy. I took a break outside of Castle Rock to make coffee and a snack in a covered picnic area. Of...

PDX-Oly-Astoria Tour, Day 1: to Longview

Columbia River Lowlands, north of Kalama WAYep. Left late again. It's hard to leave at a "decent" hour when you're leaving home. So out the door @ 11:30 am. So should I take public transit to shorten the length of the day, get through some of the suburban crap? MAX would only shave about 5...

Track My Tour for the PDX-Oly-Astoria tour

Hey kids, just letting you know that I just created a new map for the current tour. Check it here:http://trackmytour.com/TKFfT/

Off to Olympia!

As you read this post, I should hopefully be pedaling north from Portland to Olympia, Washington to attend the Olympia Comics Fest on Saturday June 2nd. Then I'll pedal home via the coast (though I may take the bus from Astoria.) I should be home either Wednesday the 6th or Thursday the 7th. Read more...

Trip Report: Cycle Wild Memorial Day weekend camping at Silver Falls State Park, 25-28 May 2012. (And Champoeg too!)

Lower South Falls.This past weekend a group of thirty people camped at Silver Falls State Park, a beautiful natural setting about fifteen miles east of Salem, Oregon, in the foothills of the Cascade Range. And yep, this was a Cycle Wild event! But first things first. April and I did not ride out with the...

Pedalpalooza Cometh! And here are the Urban Adventure League events.

Yes, friends, we are only two short weeks away from Portland's annual bicycle extravaganza of bike fun, Pedalpalooza. Three weeks of bike rides and events? Almost 300 unique events? I must be in heaven! And the Urban Adventure League has been a part of Pedalpalooza since Pedalpalooza's inception in 2004, save for last year when...

Pedal Potluck Picnic series returns NEXT WEEK!

Last year since I was out of town for the summer I didn't manage to have my Pedal Potluck Picnic series at all, which was a bummer. But now I'm back in town for summer 2012, so it's time to bring it back! There's a few tweaks I've done with the series this year. Rather...

Running into other Bike Tourists

One of the things that I loved about my former job at the Hostel was meeting interesting and cool folk. Sure, there was a large percentage of people that didn't register, and then a few who I didn't really want to deal with, but dealing with the cool folk was the plus. And obviously to...