Human powered exploration. Bicycles. Touring. Camping. Film Photography. Portland!
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... Continue Reading →
Secret trails in Reed Canyon just west of SE Cesar Chavez Blvd, 10 Mar 2022. Minolta Freedom Zoom 160/Fuji Superia Xtra 400 One of the things I love to do is explore this place I call home. Over the past twenty-odd years I've spent a lot of my free time on a bike or transit,... Continue Reading →
Rose City Park, 19 August 2021. Camera: Olympus Superzoom 160. Film: Kodak Ultramax 400. What's the ideal size of a town or city? This is a personal preference and everyone's different. Some may not want to live in a city bigger than 10,000. Me? I grew up in a very small city of 20,000, ended... Continue Reading →
The Robin Hood by Johnson Creek off the Springwater Corridor. 20 Feb 2021. Olympus XA2/Kodak Ultramax 400 It was a week since the Winter Storm. After a week of being cooped up and mobility-limited, I was itching to get in a decent bike ride. The question was: What kind of bike ride could I do?... Continue Reading →
NE 46th "Avenue", The Cully. 4 May 2020. Konica C35 EF, Kodak Ultramax 400 film. Memorial Day Weekend. For those of us in the US, this marks the "start" of summer. So what that Solstice is almost a month away? This is the time for good weather, for going on holiday. June is typically okay... Continue Reading →
Near Knapp Falls. Camera: Olympus XA2. Film: Kodak Ultramax 400. It's somewhere near a month of Stay-at-Home here in Portland. The quarantine is now just a fact of life. Yes, it'll end at some point, but now life before it seems so distant. Hang out with people? Go to a cafe? I know we'll have... Continue Reading →
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