Nice Week

It’s been a good week for riding for many reasons.  Most telling is the absolutely stellar weather we had this past week.  Blue sky, sun, light winds, very little rain except for Monday.  The other nice part of this week was a bit of a long time coming for me.  I got in over 200…

Silver Star Prison Break

Let me first apologize for the cell phone pics.  I forgot my point & shoot at home and was left with just my iPhone. Well anyways, I headed out towards Washougal with Juston, Dean and Mark to partake in the Silver Star Prison Break ride.  The weather could not have been more perfect.  Especially since…

I Hate the Wind

I hate road riding in the wind.  My default on super windy days has always been to get off road one way or another.  If I have to race in it, so be it, but if I have a choice, I am going to use the woods as shelter.  That is exactly what I did…

Singletrack Therapy

Woke up to see that the forecasted rain had been pushed out until the afternoon and the temps were quite reasonable.  So after walking Codi, eating breakfast and catching up on an episode of the Walking Dead, I headed out to Rogers Camp for a little singletrack therapy. The Rogers Camp day use area was…

Dang It!

Today was probably one of only a handful of times I wish that it was colder.  I’ve had it in my mind for several weeks now to take the Farley up towards Mount St. Helens and hit up the snowmobile trails and tool around. Mother Nature had other plans though.  I drove up to the…

Nestucca River Road Ride

I think I found my west coast beach ride route.  I met Nick and Dean on the aborted PDX-Vernonia ride a few weeks ago, and Dean suggested this ride out to Pacific City via the Nestucca River Road.  I had heard a little bit about this route from my boss at work and had seen…