Summer 2022 Bike touring/status update

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...

Bike Overnight at Ainsworth in the Columbia Gorge, 12-13 May 2021

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...

Bike Camping at Milo McIver, 14-15 April 2021

The Bantam at the overlook. Milo McIver State Park, 15 April 2021. Camera: Olympus EES-2. Film: Kodak ColorPlus 200. It has been a dry April in these parts, possibly record dry. And around mid-month things warmed up as well. The week of April 11th started downright chilly for this time of year (highs in the...

Bike Camping in the Columbia Gorge at Ainsworth, 25-26 Aug 2020

Horsetail Falls, 25 Aug 2020. Ricoh 35 ZF, Arista EDU 200. If you've been around here long enough, you know that riding out to the Columbia Gorge is one of my favorite things to do. It's close (within 30 miles of my front door) and features lots of great scenery. But the last few years...

A quick trip to the Gorge!

Crown Point from Menucha (NOT Women's Forum!), 14 Aug 2020. Pentax IQ Zoom 928 (Espio 928). Kodak Ultramax 400. If you've been here long enough, you'll know that my favorite "get out of town on the bike" destination is the Columbia Gorge. It's close-by (starts about ten miles from my door) and is unbelievably scenic....

Bike Overnight to Champoeg State Park, 1-2 Sept

I did cancel the Three Speed Tour that I had planned for Labor Day weekend, but that didn't mean I was against camping. So I roped Steve M and Todd B into an overnight camping trip to Champoeg State Park. Champoeg, ah. I've been bike camping for thirteen years, and while this campground is about...

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...