For our 11th wedding anniversary we opted to hike up to Burnt Lake. Weather was cool and overcast with a slight chance of some clearing. We were hoping to maybe catch a break and get some views from either the lake or up just a bit higher on East Zigzag, sadly no views were to…
Friday Hike With The Dog
I had originally scheduled Friday the 28th to be a PTO day so that Mia and I could be at the Crater lake Rim Tour for the weekend. However, that event was cancelled 2 weeks ago due to the wildfires in the surrounding area. It seemed absolutely absurd to cancel a day off from work…
Smoky
So, Mia and I went out on a short ride yesterday. As we were getting ready it smelled faintly of smoke, kind of like your neighbor was having a bonfire or similar to the remnants of your campfire from the night before. It was a mild smoky odor. When we got outside we automatically assumed…
Lost Lake
Waaayyy back in late March Mia was brilliant enough to book us a campsite at Lost Lake Campground for early August. She’d read that the sites booked super fast so the idea was to jump on it while the thought was hot. Well, total slam dunk on this one. We scored with an incredible weekend…
Panther Creek Tour
The mountain bike race season is done, vacation is done, and now it is time to play. I purposely built this year around being in good racing shape for the spring and early summer and then wanted to hit vacation in July as a nice reset. Now there are two goals for the rest of…
Twin Lakes
Another weekend, another hike with Mia and Codi. This one was all about getting out to some place a bit cooler. Temps for the PDX Metro area were calling for upper 90’s all weekend, so we wanted a hike with some water and some elevation. Mia picked Twin Lakes based on this hike being listed…
ON & OFF RHODES 