Coup up a bunch of Portland Metro area bike riders with snow and frigid temps for a week and they’ll come out in droves for a questionable route and weather forecast. The Hell of the North Plains ride was originally scheduled for last Saturday January 14th, but given the dumping of snow the ride was…
One More Time
It’s snowing again in Portland, Oregon and this time it is serious snowfall. I’ve made fun of how things shut down with as little as 1″ of snow. Last night and into today though, we got 7-8″ of snow here in Hillsboro and parts of Portland proper had 10″+. The news was showing parts of…
New Year’s Day Hike
I feel like I have spent a lot of time at Stub Stewart the past month or so. Good reason though, it is only 25 minutes from home, which is maybe 5 minutes longer than going to Forest Park. However it isn’t nearly as busy as FP which is a bonus for me. Plus there…
2016 – Favorite Shot
I’m not even close to being the photographer I’d like to be. I don’t do post picture processing, I don’t “stage” shots all that often. I prefer to get the real shot in real time of something real happening. My usual approach in the digital camera age is to take a boat load of pics…
Playing in the Snow
We had more snow here in the PDX metro area this week. That meant chaos, short work days and of course play time! City Hall was closed early on Wednesday and open late on Thursday. It took some of my friends and coworkers hours to travel distances as short as 5 miles. Makes me glad…
Cabin Camping Weekend
The urge to get out for a quick overnight of biking and camping was pretty strong at the start of November. I knew that most of the month was booked up with birthday, Thanksgiving and the RV show at the start of the month, so I booked pretty far out and got a cabin for…
ON & OFF RHODES 