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Singletrack Therapy

Woke up to see that the forecasted rain had been pushed out until the afternoon and the temps were quite reasonable. So after walking Codi, eating breakfast and catching up on an episode of the Walking Dead, I headed out to Rogers Camp for a little singletrack therapy. The Rogers Camp day use area was…

NH Invasion: Day 4

Life is a beach! That is the theme of the NH Invasion for day 4. On the way out to the coast we made a slight detour to check out the Jewell Meadows Elk Herds that Mia and I had driven by on our way back from Ft. Stevens. I thought it was pretty cool,…

NH Invasion: Days 2 & 3

Day 2 of the NH Invasion was pretty mellow. We ended up relaxing around the house, taking Codi for a couple walks, going grocery shopping (don’t ask) and having a belated birthday cake for James. Day 3 proved to be a bit more exciting. We did what is becoming the standard fare for visitors by…

NH Invasion: Day 1

Mia’s sister Martha, her husband Chuck, our nephew James and Mia’s mother Maggie are visiting us for a week. They flew in on Friday night around 9pm, beat from a day of travel, and when we finally got home close to 10:30 they were all dragging because it felt closer to 1:30 east coast time….

Dang It!

Today was probably one of only a handful of times I wish that it was colder. I’ve had it in my mind for several weeks now to take the Farley up towards Mount St. Helens and hit up the snowmobile trails and tool around. Mother Nature had other plans though. I drove up to the…

Nestucca River Road Ride

I think I found my west coast beach ride route. I met Nick and Dean on the aborted PDX-Vernonia ride a few weeks ago, and Dean suggested this ride out to Pacific City via the Nestucca River Road. I had heard a little bit about this route from my boss at work and had seen…