Return to Wilkes Creek: 3 Feb 2021

I've been making a mental list of places I like but haven't ridden to in awhile. Sometimes it helps to have a goal for a bike ramble vs. "Just get out thar and follow the winde". After 20 years in Portland, there's a lot or places I want to bike to again. But it's better...

An afternoon ramble to Johnson Lake, 9 January 2021

Clear and dry winter days are a commodity. You have to seize the moment. But for me, that "moment" is often in the afternoon. As much as I wish it otherwise, I am no morning person. I developed my "stay up late" habits in the later '80s when I was a teen. (Late Nite with...

Ride Report: Country Bike Ramble, Sat 5 Oct

I was really, really happy with the weather.As you read here previously, the weather this September has been sucktastic. Normally a warm, sunny month with little rain, this year it was rainy and cool. We got poured on during the last ride I led, the Three Speed Ride on Saturday September 21st, so I really preferred...

Rambling ’round Gateway Green

A MAX light rail train passes through Gateway Green. I-205 path in foreground, Rocky Butte in background.Friday was a day off for me, and I had to ride up to NE Alberta Street for an errand. So I figured that it would be a good time to incorporate a little ride into the day. While...