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...

Finding Kingsley D. Bundy, finally

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,...

Getting used to summer biking again

The weather has gotten very summery this week. We are not completely "out of the woods" as it comes to rain, as the forecast for Saturday and Sunday promises wetness. But the dry season will start soon, and we'll see highs from the 70s to 90s F and little in the way of precipitation until...

Portlandia Obscura: Crystal Springs Creek headwaters

Friday was a great day in Portland. It's what I like to call a "pre-spring" day around these parts. These days tend to pop up in February: sunny and mild, high around 55F/13C. It's hard to sit indoors all day when the weather is like this. So I took the call, picked out a trusty...

The Dry Between The Wet

Monday was actually a dry day 'round these parts. Last week was pretty much a rainfest, and it looks like this week will be more of the same. So I decided to use this dry window for a bike ride. It would give me a reason to ride the Rudge, since it is not a...