Coup up a bunch of Portland Metro area bike riders with snow and frigid temps for a week and they’ll come out in droves for a questionable route and weather forecast. The Hell of the North Plains ride was originally scheduled for last Saturday January 14th, but given the dumping of snow the ride was…
Category: Rides
One More Time
It’s snowing again in Portland, Oregon and this time it is serious snowfall. I’ve made fun of how things shut down with as little as 1″ of snow. Last night and into today though, we got 7-8″ of snow here in Hillsboro and parts of Portland proper had 10″+. The news was showing parts of…
Playing in the Snow
We had more snow here in the PDX metro area this week. That meant chaos, short work days and of course play time! City Hall was closed early on Wednesday and open late on Thursday. It took some of my friends and coworkers hours to travel distances as short as 5 miles. Makes me glad…
Cabin Camping Weekend
The urge to get out for a quick overnight of biking and camping was pretty strong at the start of November. I knew that most of the month was booked up with birthday, Thanksgiving and the RV show at the start of the month, so I booked pretty far out and got a cabin for…
Deschutes River Old Railbed Trail
After the Klickitat Trail ride a couple weeks ago, I was committed to riding the old railbed trail out of the Deschutes River State Park . I wanted to hit it up before the end of 2016. The weather here in the PDX area this October has been best described as crappy. I saw on…
Klickitat Trail
Generally when I hear about a rails to trails conversion, I think of all the experiences I have had. Trails like the Banks Vernonia Trail, Northern Rail Trail in NH, or maybe the Rockingham Recreational (AKA Massabesic) trail from Manchester to Newfields, NH. The Klickitat Trail was something I had read about awhile ago, but…
ON & OFF RHODES 