2026 Timothy Lake Bikepacking Loop

Time, or the concept of Time at least, can be considered infinite at the cosmic level. At the individual level though, time is finite. We’re each “here” only for a certain amount of time so deciding how you wish to use that time and spend that time is important. I cherish my free time. I…

COVID-19 WK 25: Something Worth Celebrating

Given the complete and utter craziness of 2020 there is definitely one thing to celebrate this weekend. Mia and I have been married for 16 years! Considering prior to meeting Mia my longest relationship was about two and half years, the longest I had the same job was about the same too. Being with Mia…

COVID-19 Wk 23: Out & About

Obviously the biggest news this last week was the Democratic National Convention to officially nominate Joe Biden as their presidential pick. I honestly didn’t watch any of it and only caught the highlights on the news. The reason being I already know who I am voting for in November. Nothing will change my mind. You…

COVID-19 Wk 14!!!: Summer Solstice

Fourteen weeks since COVID-19 wreaked havoc in Oregon. In hindsight this amount of time almost seems trivial. Many of us had the mindset that this would last maybe 5-6 weeks and we’d resume some kind of “normal”. Truth is at this point I’m resigned to just going with the flow and dealing with things as…

Exploring

I’ve got a quick little loop from the house that takes in a little bit of everything as far as road surfaces go. However there are a couple offshoots that I was wondering where they went. The answer is nowhere or at least currently impassable may be the better description. I was stopped by a…

Return to Deschutes River Trail

I last rode the Lower Deschutes River Trail with Dean back in October of 2016.  I wanted to head back and check it out because of the huge wildfire out there this summer.  Based on other pictures that I had seen online the old railroad cars and farmhouse were completely destroyed which is a HUGE…