It is getting to that time of the year/season when I am tired of “riding” my bike on the indoor trainer. As I get more and more rides outside, and daylight savings approaches, returning to the garage for another trainer session becomes less and less appealing. Work really wore me down this week. I was…
Category: Touring
COVID-19 Wk 23: Out & About
Obviously the biggest news this last week was the Democratic National Convention to officially nominate Joe Biden as their presidential pick. I honestly didn’t watch any of it and only caught the highlights on the news. The reason being I already know who I am voting for in November. Nothing will change my mind. You…
Had Some Time to Kill
Well don’t panic or get into a tizzy based on the header picture. While Mia was in NH the other week I took some time to run down to the local RV dealer and check out a couple of the models that have been catching my eye. We have not bought anything at this time…
Central Oregon Backcountry Explorer
The official name of this route created by The Swallows is the “Central Oregon Backcountry Explorer“. I’ve been calling it the Prineville Loop or Ochoco Loop. Back in December/January Dean and I started talking about doing the Oregon Outback in late April. Which then turned into follow the Outback route until Prineville then morph off…
A Tad Sporadic
So I’ve been a bit sporadic with posts lately. I’m sure my adoring fan (Hi Mom!) is the only one who has noticed. Mostly have to blame it on racing the fat bike category for the Oregon XC Series. I’m the one who normally takes all the pictures during our adventures so it’s a bit…
Panther Creek Tour
The mountain bike race season is done, vacation is done, and now it is time to play. I purposely built this year around being in good racing shape for the spring and early summer and then wanted to hit vacation in July as a nice reset. Now there are two goals for the rest of…
ON & OFF RHODES 