PDX Coffee Outside at Mt. Tabor Park, 29 April 2023

Olympus XA2/Kodak MAX 800, expired (unknown expiry), metered at ISO 100 I do love me some coffee outside action! And our chapter of Coffee Outside is pretty active, meeting Saturdays at 9 AM. This is much more civilized than other Coffee Outsides who meet on a weekday morn at 7 AM. (To be fair, ours...

Spring preview adventuring, 17-18 March 2023. (Plus, coffee outside.)

Country bike ramblin': Against the fence on SE Martins St at 41st, Woodstock. 17 March 2023. Olympus XA/Fuji Superia 400 After a not-really that cold, but fairly wet winter, we got our first taste of spring in these parts. And it has been much appreciated. You may wonder what exactly constitutes "spring-like" in these parts,...

Coffee Outside at Columbia Park, and a ride to Kelley Point, 11 March 2023

Coffeeneuring Station at Kelley Point Park. That's an Esbit stove/pot kit with Solo brass alcohol stove. 11 March 2023. Minolta XG-7, Rokkor MD 50mm f/1.7 lens, Cinestill 400D It was obvious: I needed a good ride. After almost two weeks off the bike, a few short rides were not going to do the trick. And...

Coffeeneuring 2022 Challenge Wrap-Up

Enjoying my coffee at Berrydale Park at sunset. 10 Nov 2022 Olympus Pen EES-2/Kodak Portra 160 Hello, friends. I finished it on the last day possible, but finish it I did: I have completed this year's Coffeeneuring Challenge. Yay! I've been doing it since 2013, which means next year will mark 10 years. I've participated...

Coffeeneuring 2022, Ride 5: Coffee Outside plus Oracle Coffee, Sat 12 Nov

Well, I might be able to finish out the Coffeeneuring Challenge after all! Ride 5 is pushing me into that direction, even though as a ride it was a mixed bag. It was another dry and sunny, but cool day here in Portland. #pdxcoffeeoutside was taking place at Sellwood Riverfront Park, a spot that they...

Coffeeneuring 2022, Ride 3: Human Bean, Sat 5 Nov

As I stated in my last Coffeeneuring post, it's going to be catch as catch can for the remainder of this year's challenge. Maybe I'll get in all 7 needed by November 20th, maybe I'll get an Honorable Mention. After a dry and actually hot start to October, the last third of October saw the...

Coffeeneuring 2022, Ride 2: Rosebridge Coffee, Thurs 3 Nov

As the Coffeeneuring Challenge moves towards its conclusion on November 20th, I've resigned myself to the fact that I might not get in seven rides before it's done. I started pretty late, my first ride happening two weeks after it started. And then a good week-plus of COVID and recovery meant that even more time...

Coffeeneuring 2022, Ride 1: Wallflower Coffee, Sat 22 Oct

Another year, another coffeeneuring challenge! This year I don't have an overarching theme, but there are a few sub-challenges I want to incorporate into the main challenge: Ride all my bikes (currently four) at least once Do at least one #pdxcoffeeoutside and if that fails, at least one coffee outside of my own Hit up...