It was 12 months ago today that Mia and I packed a hodge podge of bikes, clothes, snacks and other junk….and 2 cats into 2 cars and headed west. Most of our belongs were well on their way in a U-haul box to Oregon. After spending a whopping 4 days in Oregon previous to this,…
Category: Local Stuff
Finding Inspiration
So, this week was basically “mellow” by my standards. Did some recovering from last weekend’s race on Monday and Tuesday and then a couple good rides exploring the local area and some alternative commute options for riding home after work. Turns out I can turn my 9 mile commute into almost twice that (17ish) if…
Painted Hills
Not that I need a reason to head to Bend, OR for a weekend, but it does help to have a reason to also get Mia to come along. I had signed up for the Up The Crooked River Duathlon in Prineville, which is about 35 miles from downtown Bend. All I had to do…
Commuting Life
3 weeks today and I have had the luxury of commuting via a combo of trimet and cycling. It’s about 300 miles of driving saved. I am definitely hoping to continue this as much as possible. The cheap accountant in me loves saving the money and wear and tear on my car. Hopefully a more…
Birthday Weekend
birthday weekend, a set on Flickr. Had some visitors from NH this past weekend. One of them being Paul, so we got to spend our birthday weekend together. Here is a whole bunch of photos from the weekend
Wet Weekend
The whole Pacific Northwest has been getting hit with the remnants of a typhoon this weekend. Needless to say……it’s been wet, and windy, and wet! So, even though it has been wet, Mia and I are trying to embrace the Portland mentality. It’s only rain, and it’s going to be some sort of wet for…
