Coffee Outside and a Forest Park Ride: 21 May 2022

At MP 6 1/2 on Leif Erikson Drive, Forest Park. 21 May 2022. Minolta XD5/MC Celtic 28mm f/2.8 lens/Ilford HP5+/Ilfosol 3 1:9 at 5:30 in Rondinax 35U tank It's been a wet late spring, so if something's going on during a nice day, I seize that opportunity. The weekly Portland Coffee Outside meetup was happening...

A coffee outside and post ramble, plus vanishing places. 23 April 2022

Southwest Community Park, 23 April 2022. Olympus 35RD, Kodak TMAX 400, developed with Ilfosil 3, 1:9 solution at 6:20 in a Rondinax 35U tank I'm really happy that PDX Coffee Outside has moved from the "weekday morning at 7 am" template that many of these types of events have, instead landing on Saturdays at 9...

Coffeeneuring 2021 Wrap Up

Coffeeneuring Self-Portrait during my first ride of the challenge to Mount Tabor, 18 Oct 2021. Camera: Olympus XA2. Film: Kodak ColorPlus 200 It's been a few weeks since I completed this year's Coffeeneuring Challenge. I'm overall happy with how it turned out, though I didn't meet my "challenge with a challenge" of riding all my...

Coffeeneuring 2021, Ride 6: With the Bantam and Coffee Outside, 20 Nov 2021

Ascending Powell Butte, 20 Nov 2021. Olympus 35 RD/Kodak ColorPlus 200. I've ridden my Brompton A LOT since I got it in the middle of October. It makes sense: I want to become familiar with it, and the only way to do so is by riding it a lot. Plus, it's a fun bike. Oh...

Coffee Outside at Poet’s Beach, 26 June 2021, plus Portland’s relationship to the river and biking in record-breaking heat.

My Trangia 27 setup. Minolta Hi-Matic 7s/Silberra Pan 50 After my Sunset/Moonrise Ride on Thursday June 24th, I was in the mood for more sociable bike activities. Unfortunately for me Portland and the rest of the Northwest would be headed for an unprecedented heat wave for the weekend, with triple digit (in Fahrenheit, for you...

PDX Coffee Outside at Mt. Tabor, 29 May 2021

Another week, another PDX Coffee Outside! This one happened atop Mt. Tabor on Saturday May 29th. After the reinstatement of Coffee Outside the week previous, and the shift to Saturdays at 9, I'm committed to hitting up as many of them as possible. It doesn't hurt that the destination was just two miles from my...

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...

Coffeeneuring 2019, Ride 6: Coffee Outside at Laurelhurst Park, 1 Nov 2019

Ever since I started participating in the Coffeeneuring Challenge back in 2013, I've done at leat one "Coffee Without Walls" Ride, basically making or drinking already made coffee outdoors. I love making coffee outside, but this year I've been quite light on doing so. I've camped only a few nights in 2019, and beside holding...