The last time Mia and I hiked up to Tom, Dick & Harry was back in September of 2013. We had only been living in Oregon for 3ish months at that point. Back then we were still in an apartment, had no dog and were just trying to get to know the area we had…
Tag: mt hood
Solo Trip to Mt Hood
A few months ago I had pegged the first weekend of August as a good time to do the Timberline to Town trail. I had hoped for a group of friends to do it but for various reasons as the date approached it ended up being just me. Last year when Paul, Noah and I…
A Family Visit
Here is a not so subtle “shot across the bow” to other members of my family (all said with sarcasm and good humor of course). With most of our family members being back in New Hampshire there is the almost constant question of “When are you and Mia coming back to visit?”. My rebuttal tends…
COVID-19 Wk 21: Getting Away
This was supposed to be the summer-fall of multiple short bikepacking trips. I was hoping to do a couple weekend, a couple 3-4 day rides and one week long ride. Yup….COVID-19 screwed that all up. This past weekend Dean and I got out for a relatively short (but far from easy) overnight bikepacking trip. Commonly…
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…
Happy Birthday John
I met John because of the bike. We both commute to work a lot and we both live in the same neighborhood. We’d run into each other often on the way to or from work. That led to riding together and chit chatting and then doing some road and mountain bike rides together. John decided…
ON & OFF RHODES 