A Trip to the Oregon Coast, 2-5 January 2021

Ecola State Park, 5 Jan 2021. Olympus XA2, Kodak Ultramax 400. It's been my custom since 2007 to go somewhere out of town for the New Year. I had grown tired of trying to find a good NYE party, so I decided to make my own fun instead. Some New Years I would head off...

Coffeeneuring 2020, Ride One and Three Speed October, Week Three, Ride 2: On the beach at Cape Disappointment, 15 October 2020 (plus a Long Beach Peninsula Trip!)

Once again, another #coffeeneuring challenge is here! This challenge is from October 10 through What's that, you ask? I'll let Mary of Chasing Mailboxes DC (the admin!) explain: Essentially the challenge boils down to this: over the course of 7’ish weeks,ride your bike to 7 different places,at least 2 miles round trip each time,drink 7...

Trip Report: Stub Stewart cabins bike camping trip, New Years 2020

This isn't my first Stub Stewart cabin rodeo! Nope, after this trip, I've stayed at the cabins at Stub Stewart State Park a total of seven times: Three of them Cycle Wild New Years Trips in 2011, 2012, and 2013, plus a non New Year Cycle Wild Trip in 2014. There was the trip with...

A New Year at the cabins at Stub Stewart

Another year is upon us! I've made a tradition since New Years 2007 of getting out of town for the holiday. After spending my first five years in town going to meh parties and/or trying to find a decent party (and in the case of 2006, doing nothing), I decided getting away would be better...

Stub Stewart Cabin Camping Trip, 3-4 Dec 2017

It's the "off season" for bike camping and touring in the we(s)t side of the Cascades. While camping and touring is still possible, one has to deal with short days, long nights, and general damp and cold. Not the most conducive conditions for tenting it. But we are lucky here, as many state parks have...

Cabin camping at Stub Stewart, 18-19 Feb 2017

My new schedule has started! I now work Tuesdays through Saturday. That means more opportunities for weekend adventures with others. And what better way to start my Sunday-Monday weekend with a camping trip? Peter decided to rent a cabin at Stub Stewart State Park and put out the call for participants. And it just would...

Cabin Camping at Stub Stewart: 6-7 December

Over the past weekend I participated in Cycle Wild's camping trip to the cabins at Stub Stewart State Park, about 40 miles NW of Portland. I've cabin-camped here during the Cycle Wild New Years Trips of 2011, (and here) 2012, and 2013, so I'm not going to go into the nuts-and-bolts of what it is here. (You...

Battle Ground Lake cabins, Part 2

Cabin 15.When we last left you humble, faithful readers of this here blog on Saturday, April and I were heading off to the cabins at Battle Ground Lake State Park. This was a Cycle Wild trip that I was leading. I led two Cycle Wild trips to Battle Ground Lake last year, once in February...