Mountain bike racing is basically done for the season, so now it’s time to start diversifying the weekends a bit more. Mia and I need to get Codi into hiking shape for our vacation coming up in July so we opted to get him out on a jaunt near Mt. Hood this weekend. I wanted…
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…
The Other Niagara Falls
Long ago, in what feels like another lifetime, I visited the “real” Niagara Falls between NY & Canada. My take away from that trip was that the Canadian side was way more fun than the U.S.A side. Perhaps things have changed though, it has been almost 18-19 years since I was last there. Mia was…
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…
Keeping busy
Consistent crappy weather has not deterred us lately. We have had one or two actually nice days interspersed here and there. Luckily one of those nice days my first mountain bike race of the season, it was held in almost perfect weather. The record setting rains seem to have subsided and a more on and…
Silver Star Prison Break 2
For the second consecutive year I did the Silver Star Prison Break. This year it was Juston, Paul and myself headed out to Washougal, WA for the ride. Once again it was a pretty good turn out based on the number of cars in the parking lot. I have no idea what the official count…
ON & OFF RHODES 