Pedalpalooza 2023 Events and Rides UPDATED

Hey folks. I've gone ahead and added one more event to the list of Pedalpalooza rides and events I'm doing: Another Bike Touring Workshop slated for the evening of Thursday July 6th. That's when the Societe des Rambleneurs ride was supposed to happen, now that's been bumped to Sunday July 30th. So now I'm doing...

Ainsworth post-report: A de-briefing on my first bike camping trip of 2023

The Bantam at Horsetail Falls, 29 April 2023. Olympus Pen EES-2/Ilford Delta 400 It's become a thing for me: After the first bike camping trip of the season, reflect on what happened, the good and the bad. This is what happened after my Champoeg trip last year. And now it's time for me to analyze...

The first bike camping of the season has happened: Ainsworth State Park, 27-28 April 2023

The Bantam at Crown Point, 27 April 2023. Olympus XA/Kodak Ektar 100 You may remember my post from a couple weeks ago, when I was yet again positively itching to get out on the bike and camp. That post happened during our positively wet stretch of weather--we're double the average for rain in April. At...

An end of February State of the Bike Address, and plans for warmer bike adventures. (Plus: Snow in Portland)

From a snow ride in February 2018. We got much more snow this time. Even though selling the Raleigh Crested Butte was the right decision, as it was never, ever going to fit me correctly, I still miss it from time to time. I type this missive on Thursday evening, February 23rd. Portland has just...

Goals and plans for bicycling in 2023

Elderberry Trail on the "deep forest" side of Powell Butte. 28 Aug 2022. So deep I needed to use the flash! Olympus XA2/Fujicolor 200 Last year I decided to log every ride, something I had never done before. (Why no, I am not on Strava!) Inside a tiny Rhodia notebook (orange cover and grid pages,...

A look back at my 2022 touring season

The Bantam at Crown Point, during the Midweek Gorge group camping trip, 15 Oct 2022. Camera: Ricohflex Dia Film: Kodak Gold 200 As the first real rains of autumn hit the Northwest, and the chances of getting "one last camping trip in" diminish, now is a good time for me to look back and reflect...

Another islands tour ahead, and how the rest of the touring season will pan out

Emee on the ferry, from our 2019 San Juans Trip After my first bike overnight trip to the cabins at Stub Stewart in February, I was getting the itch for more bike camping. I even wondered if 2022 could be similar to my 2012, where I had lots of overnights and tours. But besides a...

An April Update

Hello folks. I don't do these "State of the Union" style posts that often, but should do them more often, because there's often things going on in my life or with the League that don't always translate into a blog post. April has been a difficult month here, mostly due to the weather. It seemed...