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…
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Indian Heaven: Thomas to Blue Lake
Imagine 20,000 acres of pristine wilderness, toss in over 150+ lakes and quite literally thousands of wild huckleberry bushes and you get the Indian Heaven Wilderness. All three of us had been here before and then Codi and I on another quick backpacking trip. As the Pacific Northwest gets a brief respite from the heat,…
Had Some Time to Kill
Well don’t panic or get into a tizzy based on the header picture. While Mia was in NH the other week I took some time to run down to the local RV dealer and check out a couple of the models that have been catching my eye. We have not bought anything at this time…
St. Helens Epic 2017
The St Helens Epic is an 80 mile, single loop, mountain bike ride that takes in some of the best (and hardest) trails that the Gifford Pinchot NF has to offer. The word “epic” gets pretty abused/over used up here in the PNW, but if there is an event that I am going to deem…
Waldo Lake Weekend
Mia and I have lived in Oregon for a bit over 4 years now. We have done some of the PNW classic mountain bike rides and hikes in that time, but there are still quite a few that need to be explored. Back in March I reserved a campsite for August up at North Waldo…
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…
ON & OFF RHODES 