The weather forecast for Saturday was stellar. Turns out the weatherman was totally correct. I’ve been dying to go mountain biking for a few weeks now. I haven’t actually ridden my mountain bike since early June. Everything since then has been road bike (IF or Niner) or touring (Fargo) bike related. So needless to say…
Scoggins Valley Road
Call it what you want, “gravel grinder”, dirt road ride, multi-surface exploring, I just call it a bike ride. If 2014 was the year of the fat bike, 2015 seems to be the year of the “gravel grinder” bike. Honestly I don’t like that term. I prefer anyroad, which has probably been trademarked by Giant,…
Tillamook Forest Exploring
It was another day to get out and do some exploring. We wanted to stay a bit close today and had decided on hitting up the Tillamook State Forest. I was in the mood to do something new though. I didn’t want to just head out to the Forest Center and do the Wilson River…
My Dog is a Serial Killer
We got Codi from Indigo Pet Rescue. We kind of learned after the fact that they specialized in “difficult to place pets”. For example, one of them had alopecia, some of them may have other social or behavioral problems. Well, Mia and I finally think we figured out what Codi’s “issue” is……he’s a murderer, a…
Rhodes in Washington
My nephew started college at UW-Bothell this week, so Paul and Shannon were out here last week to drop him off. This was a good reason to head up to Packwood, WA to meet up with them and do some hiking and spend time with family. We rented a sweet little place from Great Northwest…
Winning in more ways than one
It’s been a good couple weeks. I did the Gateway to the Gorge 8 Miler on the 12th and somehow ended up 2nd overall and won the Masters Division. I was “accused” by an unnamed friend of finding the least competitive races around, but my reply is you can only compete against those who show…
ON & OFF RHODES 