The Saturday Ramble: Coffee Outside, Leif Erickson, Blue Moon (Sept 24)

On Leif Erikson, MP 3 1/4, 24 Sept 2022. Minolta XD5/Minolta MD 50mm f/1.7 lens/Fuji C200 It had been a busy September, with a big conference occupying one full week, and then travel to Boise another. Despite sneaking in some rides while in Boise, my September cycling has been pretty scant. Returning to Portland, I...

Tracking the miles, finding the loop

The Bantam at Mount Tabor, 4 September 2022. Olympus XA2/Fujicolor 200 At the start of the year I decided to track the miles I rode. This was done primarily to have some sort of metric of the riding I do. If I want to "ride more", I need to know how much I already ride....

Up to Powell Butte, 28 August 2022

Olympus XA2/Fujicolor 200 Ah, Powell Butte. Sitting on the far southeast edge of Portland, it's an extinct volcanic butte of 600 feet in elevation. Unlike some of the other buttes in Portland, like Rocky Butte or Mount Tabor, Powell Butte is wide, with a wide-open meadow dominating the plateau-like top. It's a great place to...

Ride Report: Creek Country Ramblers, 13 August 2022

Johnson Creek at Johnson Creek Park. Olympus XA2/Fujicolor 100 I love exploring Johnson Creek, the waterway that marks the southern boundary of the city of Portland. I've featured it on several rides I've done. But I've never made the creek (and several of its tributaries) the focus of a ride. So I was excited to...

A quick update on rides for the rest of summer and into fall

New Urban Hieroglyphics, 8 July 2022. Pentax IQZoom 928 (Espio 928)/ Fuji 200 Hello there, fine folks! I just want to remind you that I have two rides coming up this month. Sunset/Moonrise does not require registration, Creek Country does--and there's a decent amount of slots still available! Thursday August 11, 7 PM: Sunset Moonrise Ride. Meet...

Another SW Ramble, 8 July 2022

Unnamed dirt road off of SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, 8 July 2022. Camera: Pentax IQZoom (Espio) 928. Film: Fuji 200 I've mentioned here before how deeper SW Portland, the part of the quadrant not close to the river and over the West Hills, is still a "Here Be Dragons" on my mental Portland map. And I...

A Sunset/Moonrise Ride added for July 13th, plus other Pedalpalooza rides for July (and August)

Hey folks! Since I will be in town for full moon on Wednesday July 13th after all, I've decided to add another Sunset/Moonrise Ride to the calendar! Here are the full details: Wednesday July 13th, 7:45 PMSunset/Moonrise RideMeet at Mt. Hood MAX Station (Red Line, near airport) Did you know that on the night of...

Coffee Outside and a Forest Park Ride: 21 May 2022

At MP 6 1/2 on Leif Erikson Drive, Forest Park. 21 May 2022. Minolta XD5/MC Celtic 28mm f/2.8 lens/Ilford HP5+/Ilfosol 3 1:9 at 5:30 in Rondinax 35U tank It's been a wet late spring, so if something's going on during a nice day, I seize that opportunity. The weekly Portland Coffee Outside meetup was happening...