Mia and I celebrated our twenty second wedding anniversary last weekend. I’m a bit gobsmacked that somehow twenty-two years has somehow flown by in the blink of an eye. I wanted to do something a bit special for this anniversary. We’d visited Mt Rainier way back 2013 after living in Oregon for only four months….
2026 Timothy Lake Bikepacking Loop
Time, or the concept of Time at least, can be considered infinite at the cosmic level. At the individual level though, time is finite. We’re each “here” only for a certain amount of time so deciding how you wish to use that time and spend that time is important. I cherish my free time. I…
Cultus Lake
For as long as Mia and I have been in Oregon we’ve seldom traveled much beyond the first 10-15 miles of the Cascade Lakes Highway out of Bend. I have been to Wanoga Sno Park for 24 hour racing, fat biking, XC skiing, etc. Last fall I finally made it out to Devils Lake for…
Solo Overnight
Just before the Memorial Day weekend Mia was back in New Hampshire visiting family for ten days. I had to pick her up at the airport on Saturday evening so for my final night of the solo life I decided on a quick overnight bikepacking trip up to Stub Stewart. Long time readers of this…
It Has Been Hard
Mia and I have struggled with Codi’s passing. The first three weeks were especially hard. The next morning, as I walked into the master bathroom, I totally lost it. Codi liked to sleep on the tile floor between the vanity and bathtub. That empty space hit me like a sledgehammer. We did a lot of…
ON & OFF RHODES 