Mia and I have been back home for a week now after our vacation in paradise. Getting back into the swing of things hasn’t been too arduous. Though my mind keeps wandering back to just how awesome the Methow Valley is. Not gonna lie either, been doing some research on both land and houses for…
Methow Valley Vacation
Mia and I visited the Methow Valley in the winter of 2015. We said back then that we needed to check it out in the summer, well that time finally came. We just spent one wicked super fabulous week exploring the North Cascades and surrounding Okanogan National Forest. We hiked and mountain biked everyday and…
Mosier Mayhem V2 – 2017
There is something about gravel rides out of the Mosier/Hood River area. They are hard! It is a toss up between last years Gorge Ground Up and this weekend’s ride to tell which was harder. This weekend’s ride was a “non-event” put together by the folks over at Our Mother The Mountain. We ended up…
Frog Lake Buttes
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…
ON & OFF RHODES 