The last time we had any appreciable snow out our way just happened to be the weekend we moved into our house. That was almost 2 years ago now. Coming from a snow state, it’s still funny the way the news media treats snowfalls in the Portland Metro area. The tone from the reporters and…
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Nice Surprise
My brother is an airline pilot and sometimes ends up in the PNW when he is on-call. Usually it’s Seattle, and it’s usually on short notice. last time he was there was a couple months ago, but we were booked for the weekend and couldn’t make it up. Well on Thursday morning I got a…
Spring is in the air
The weather this weekend has been rather phenomenal and nothing says it’s spring like baby animals. Baby Canadians Mia and I saw these little guys as we cut through Dawson Creek Park at the end of our ride yesterday. Strike a pose…… I’ll be seeing these guys a lot as we walk Codi through here…
It Always Rains in Portland
There is a saying about the Portland area, or the Pacific Northwest in general. “It always rains in (insert city)”. The truth is it doesn’t. Portland gets about as much rain annually as Manchester, NH. I used that as my reference point when we where trying to decide if we wanted to move here or…
Dixie Mtn Road to Smoke Ranch
So, I’ve whined (bitched?) about not being able to mountain bike from my front door like I used to in NH. However, just a short 10 miles away is the start of some pretty spectacular gravel roads that can lead you up into the logging roads of the Tualatin Mountains. I’ve talked about Dixie Mtn…
Birthday Weekend
Made a 4 day weekend out of my birthday, with Monday off and today’s Veteran’s Day being a closed day for City Hall too. Had a nice bike ride on the IF on Saturday, and dinner with the Manvilles @ Salam here in Hillsboro. You get this massive warm pita type bread served to you…
ON & OFF RHODES 