We’re in week three of “stay at home” and “social distancing” as we all try to “flatten the curve”. All of these phrases will hopefully die a quick and painless death in the next few weeks. I hope to never utter them again. Well, except for maybe “stay at home”. Anyways! Still dealing with the…
Category: bikepacking
Return to Deschutes River Trail
I last rode the Lower Deschutes River Trail with Dean back in October of 2016. I wanted to head back and check it out because of the huge wildfire out there this summer. Based on other pictures that I had seen online the old railroad cars and farmhouse were completely destroyed which is a HUGE…
Suffering Alone (AKA Solo Rides)
What happens when you try to get a group ride together and nobody shows up? First you ponder (albeit briefly) if anyone likes you, then you continue on your merry way and have a fun ride. I emailed a bunch of friends to see who wanted to do the Barlow-Bonney-Bennet Loop (I call it the…
N-1+1= Net Neutral
I took a bit of a social media and blogging break. Just need to reset for a bit. I’m sure my 3 adoring fans missed me greatly. (ha ha ha) The super short mountain bike season has kicked off and so far I have done two of the series races. Echo Red to Red and…
Central Oregon Backcountry Explorer
The official name of this route created by The Swallows is the “Central Oregon Backcountry Explorer“. I’ve been calling it the Prineville Loop or Ochoco Loop. Back in December/January Dean and I started talking about doing the Oregon Outback in late April. Which then turned into follow the Outback route until Prineville then morph off…
A Tad Sporadic
So I’ve been a bit sporadic with posts lately. I’m sure my adoring fan (Hi Mom!) is the only one who has noticed. Mostly have to blame it on racing the fat bike category for the Oregon XC Series. I’m the one who normally takes all the pictures during our adventures so it’s a bit…
ON & OFF RHODES 