Yup, it has been a little while since I last posted something. Generally I am one of those people who despises the excuse of being too busy. Every commercial nowadays is about how busy we all are and how this and that can make your life easier. I personally subscribe to the Laurens ten Dam…
Category: Hikes
Music to Soothe the Savage Beast
I was planning on sitting down and writing a bit about the Sisters Stampede and hiking twin lakes with Mia and Codi as Mia gets ready to run Mary’s Peak Trail Race. Both were fantastically fun and Mia and I both love Sisters (almost as much as Winthrop). But something amazing happened this week. Something…
Crown Zellerbach Trail
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…
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…
