Ride Report: Creek Country Ramblers, 13 August 2022

Johnson Creek at Johnson Creek Park. Olympus XA2/Fujicolor 100 I love exploring Johnson Creek, the waterway that marks the southern boundary of the city of Portland. I've featured it on several rides I've done. But I've never made the creek (and several of its tributaries) the focus of a ride. So I was excited to...

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...

A pre-Christmas Ramble down Johnson Creek way, 23 December 2020

It's pretty boilerplate, as far as rambles go: I head down to my post office, then south towards Johnson Creek, then east. Boilerplate, but good. And come Wednesday December 23rd, much needed. December was decently wet, at least the two weeks in the middle of the month. This Wednesday was dry and sunny, so I...

The Wednesday Ride: Felony Flats, Forlorn Parks, and Fallen Felines

Errol Heights Park/Errol Creek Wetlands, 20 August 2020. Camera: Olympus XA2. Film: Ilford HP5+ 400. Wednesday, November 9, was yet another sparkly sunny day in Portland. So why not go for a bicycle ride? I don't have to work until Monday, so it's all "free time" until then. I know the nice weather won't be...