My race season is over, perhaps this was the last one too. Not sure on that and not totally ready to commit to “retirement” from racing. There are other things I want to do, many of them bike related. Anyways I’ll save that for another post down the road. Not long after High Cascades wrapped…
What a Month!
My main focus for the past month was going to be all about the High Cascades 100. Unfortunately life sometimes throws a HUGE wrench in your plans. Just before 8AM on July 7th while making breakfast and watching the Tour de France our washing machine had a disastrous failure of a drain hose. Dumping a…
More Family Time
I just had Paul and his family out here in the PNW for my nephew’s graduation from UW-Bothell. I spent last weekend up in the Seattle area to celebrate Travis’s accomplishment and to hang with some of the Rhodes side of my family. It was nice to see everyone and to also get out on…
Mia’s Birthday Weekend
Mia and I have been in Oregon long enough now that we have our default favorite little places to visit. Sisters, Carlton, Cannon Beach and little old Waldport. That is not the complete list by any means but just a highlight instead. Mia asked several months ago if we could stay at the same…
Oregon Stampede Route 2019
I’ve got a hashtag that I use on Instagram #Oregonisnotpdx. I like to toss it on things that I believe show the real Oregon and not the cliché idea that Oregon is only PDX, hipsters, craft beer and coffee shops. While the majority of the population lives along the I-5 corridor in the Willamette Valley…
More Weekends Like This Please
This is turning out to be another busy spring and early summer. I feel like either I am racing, Mia is racing or we have plans to go someplace between April and July. The “weekend at home” seems few and far between. I’m not really complaining. I like exploring and visiting new places, but, sometimes…
ON & OFF RHODES 