A look back at my 2022 touring season

The Bantam at Crown Point, during the Midweek Gorge group camping trip, 15 Oct 2022. Camera: Ricohflex Dia Film: Kodak Gold 200 As the first real rains of autumn hit the Northwest, and the chances of getting "one last camping trip in" diminish, now is a good time for me to look back and reflect...

A visit to the cabins: Stub Stewart Bike Camping Trip, 5-8 February 2022

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...

Like a broken record, the bike camping/touring itch returns

Beverly Beach State Park on Emee and my Oregon Coast Tour, 14 August 2021. Camera: Olympus Pen EES-2. Film: Fuji Sensia 100 (slide film)(expired) Winter camping in Portland is a possibility: there are several all-year campgrounds nearby and we rarely see snow or temperatures below freezing. Every once in awhile the temptation to do a...

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...