Bike Touring Workshop, 26 August 2018

I'm getting back into the groove of giving Bike Camping and Touring Workshops! So I want to do another one before the summer is over. This one will be at Golden Pliers Cyclery, the new bike shop and cafe on N Skidmore at N Interstate Ave (right near the Prescott Station on the Yellow Line...

Sunset Moonrise Ride, TOMORROW, Friday July 27, 7 PM

I hear it's hot in Portland. And it's going to be another hot one tomorrow, so why not enjoy the outside? Let's go watch the sun set and the full moon rise, in a spot with a good view of both. Meet at P's and Q's (NE 13th and Dekum St) on Friday July 27...

Not the campground I had planned.

When we last left Shawn, he was being glib about the whole ferry incident and his "comeback", enjoying the beer for a couple hours since it was only three miles to camp. So he rode to Illahee and was greeted with a "Campground Closed" sign. WHAT?😵😵 So I (Shawn) went to check the website again,...

The tour so far…

Not the bike tour I expected, but it’ll do: Heading to the Sound

It's been a long time since my last real bike tour, so a tour of some sort is overdue. I've had July 23 to July 26 penciled off on my work calendar for awhile, but where? At first I had my sights set on something around Mount Hood and/or Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington....

A time for transition

It's about time for some shaking up in my life. And the best way to stir up the dust is to force my hand. It's been a long time coming, but I've finally decided to cut back my hours at the hostel. I've been working a full-time, five day a week schedule for five years....

Battle Ground Lake camping trip, 8-9 July 2018

It's July, and I've only been camping (bike or otherwise) once in 2018. This is quite the drought for me, by now I'd usually have somewhere between four and six trips under my belt. The only way to remedy that is by camping! I had Sunday and Monday off, and so did Emee, so we...

A trip to the Long Beach Peninsula, 1-3 July 2018

It's summer, so a great time to sneak out to the Coast* when I can! This time, it was Emee and myself heading to the small town of Seaview on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington State, about a half-hour outside of Astoria, Oregon. I've explored a little bit of the peninsula before, but have...