Loving Summer

The warm weather has dropped the water levels in the alpine lakes and it’s been kind of windy, so we can’t really do a lot of fishing. As long as there are trails and open road, we can still ride our bikes, and that is what we are doing. Yesterday we did a nice off … Read more

Ride, ride, ride

After a nice 15 mile offroad ride yesterday, I decided to go for a little ride up the road to Mt. Hood before the weekly shopping trip at Safeway. Kind of hot, and as most roads up to mountains are, mostly uphill. Up and down; about 35 miles on OR SR 35 out of Hood … Read more

Fail > To > Trail

Well, I got up at 3 AM this morning to head east for some smallmouth bass and walleye fishing in the Columbia River. The forecast was for relatively calm wind and hot temperatures. It was hot but as I drove further east, it got windier and windier. When I got out of the truck about … Read more

Nice Day At Goose Lake

The wind here has been 20+ mph for the past week or so, putting a real damper on kayak fishing. Today, the wind died down, the sun was out and it was a beautiful summer day, so we headed up to Goose Lake in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Got up real early, which turned … Read more

Tour de Trout

The great support team at Hayes brakes is taking care of a few minor issues with the disc brakes on my mountain bike, so I’ve taken to the road to keep the summer riding going. I usually ride my bike into town, but I live on top of a knarly steep hill that takes a … Read more

Summer Blogjam

I’m not sure exactly how many people follow this blog, but to the folks that do, I’ve been kind of slacking off on the blog posts lately and I’m sorry for that. Finally, the weather has been nice so we’ve been out enjoying it. I have a bunch of photos and video but it’s hard … Read more