Human powered exploration. Bicycles. Touring. Camping. Film Photography. Portland!
Camping at Ainsworth SP in the Gorge, 15 June 2022. Ricohflex Dia/Kodak Gold 200 We're just a couple days away from the start of July. If it's not too hot (or too smoky) July through September marks the best time to bike tour here in the Pacific Northwest--long, dry, warm days. Spring typically isn't a... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
St. Louis Church, 7 April 2022. Olympus 35 RD/Kodak TMAX 400 My first tent bike camping trip of 2022, to Champoeg State Park, happened just about two weeks ago. (My first bike overnight was in February with Emee to Stub.) Even after bike camping and touring for the better part of two decades, the first... Continue Reading →
The gate(s) of Champoeg, 7 April 2022. Olympus 35 RD/Kodak TMAX 400 After the trip to Stub Stewart with Emee to Stub Stewart in February, I was jonesin' for another trip, this time with a tent. While there were good bouts of weather in March, I was occupied with other things when they hit. So... Continue Reading →
Riding through Washington County farmland between Forest Grove and Banks, 6 Feb 2022. Olympus XA2/Kodak ColorPlus 200 It's been awhile. My last bike camping/touring typed thing was the Oregon Coast Tour in August, six months ago. Despite wanting to do something in September or perhaps October, bike issues nixed that idea. Tent camping in the middle of winter is a... Continue Reading →
Well, that took awhile. I dropped off my Bantam Rambleneur at the bike shop on September 3rd. My kludged-together drivetrain was not working properly, and I didn't want another quick fix, since the same thing could happen again. I needed a new shifter in order to drop the stupid Wolf Tooth extra pulley, the thing... Continue Reading →
Horsetail Falls, 13 May 2021. Olympus Pen EES-2, Kodak Elite Chrome 100. Since my bike overnight to Milo McIver last month, I've decided that I would like to get in one camping trip a month at least until October. But the concept is easier than the execution, at least for the month of May, as... Continue Reading →
Camera: Olympus Pen EES-2. Film: Kodak ColorPlus 200. As you saw previously, I bike camped at Milo McIver State Park on April 14-15. This was my first camping trip in two-thirds of a year, a drought almost as long as the one that fell right before it. I have not bike camped nor toured that... Continue Reading →
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