Bike Camping, Battle Ground Lake, 27-28 January 2017

It's been three months since I camped. Last time it was on Lopez Island as part of my Islands tour. Since then, the weather seemed either too wet, or too cold and snowy to pull off camping. But after all the rain in October and November, and the snow and cold in December and the...

Not going for the one a month club, unfortunately.

At the beginning of each year, someone proposes the idea of doing one bike camping overnight a month. Here in the pretty-damn-temperate Northwest, it IS feasible to bike camp (with tent!) every month of the year, so for the last couple years I thought about joining the "One A Month" club. Last year started off...

Bike Overnight to Ainsworth State Park (Columbia Gorge), 24-25 March 2015

Ah yes! Another month, another bicycle overnight camping trip. As has become almost a tradition in March, the destination was Ainsworth State Park in the Columbia Gorge. (We seem to go here in March because it's the first month it's open for the season.) Five of us total made it out there. I've written about...

The dangers of (too many) goals and plans.

You may have remembered my "Goals for 2014" post from earlier in the month. I'm a big fan of making goals and plans at the beginning of the year. It's fun, and gives me something to look forward to.  Of course, I don't list all of my plans/goals, as some of them are of a...