Becoming a Tradition

The Timothy Lake hike has become something of an unintentional annual fall tradition.  It’s our 5th fall living in Oregon and this is the third time we have hiked around the lake.  It’s not a difficult hike, yes it’s 13 miles, but there is only about 400′ of elevation in that 13 miles.  Not saying everyone…

McKenzie River Trail

Yeah, this one has been a long time coming.  Mia and I have lived out here over 4 years now and I had yet to ride the famous McKenzie River Trail (MRT).  It was time to remedy that situation.  It’s only 2.5 hours from home too. Heck, anyone who spends any sort of time riding…

More Mundane Lately

I don’t say it in a bad way, but life has been a bit more mundane lately.  No adventures or excursions the past four weekends now.  You know what though?  That is totally okay. If you do enough Googling, Instagram scrolling or Facebook browsing then it can seems like everyone is having “EPIC” adventures.  Truth…

Changing Seasons

It’s that time of the year when the sun sets earlier, the temps slowly start to drop and the focus changes from bike rides to other activities.  Mia and I have both signed up for November half marathons.  That means it’s time to cut back on the pedaling a bit and start getting serious about…

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…

St. Helens Epic 2017

The St Helens Epic is an 80 mile, single loop, mountain bike ride that takes in some of the best (and hardest) trails that the Gifford Pinchot NF has to offer.  The word “epic” gets pretty abused/over used up here in the PNW, but if there is an event that I am going to deem…