I’ve been wanting to ride the Crown Zellerbach Trail for some time now. However I always wanted to do it as a loop from home and come back down the Banks Vernonia Trail for about a 100 mile mixed surface ride. I couldn’t bring myself to just drive out to Scappoose just to ride the…
Category: Hikes
2018 Methow Valley Fat Bike
Not that I needed an excuse for Mia and I to return to the Methow Valley, but the 5th Annual Fat Bike Meetup was sure a great reason to head on up. Our drive up was quite the adventure once we got past Yakima. Blewett Pass, normally a 60mph road, was at best a 30-35mph…
Step Creek (Again)
Mia and I opted to ignore the whole “Black Friday” b.s. and head out for a hike. It was my third time in three weekends heading out to Reheers Camp. The last two were for bike rides, this time it was for a nice hike. The overall trail conditions were decent but way wetter than…
Step Creek Trail
Mother nature gifted us with 48 hours of dry weather this weekend. Pretty rare for a November here on the “wet side” of the cascades. Not wishing to look a gift horse in the mouth I took full advantage of it with some short(ish), but nice rides. Sunday was a bit cooler and breezier compared…
Opal Creek – Jawbone Flats
No work on Friday because of the Veterans Day holiday (It’s actually Saturday) and it’s also birthday time frame for Paul and myself. For the most part neither of us have ever had to go to school or work on our birthday and for as long as I can remember now we’ve marked the day…
Becoming a Tradition
The Timothy Lake hike has become something of an unintentional annual fall tradition. It’s our 5th fall living in Oregon and this is the third time we have hiked around the lake. It’s not a difficult hike, yes it’s 13 miles, but there is only about 400′ of elevation in that 13 miles. Not saying everyone…
ON & OFF RHODES 