The days are getting shorter and colder and the sun is lower and lower in the late autumn sky, casting long shadows even at midday. There are still leaves on the trees due to the warmer late October weather, but they will be gone soon and it’s been raining off and on; the ground will … Read more
The fishing season is over, so it’s back on the bikes. This is the time of year when it’s not too cold, but usually plenty of rain. It’s been raining the past couple days and looks like a significant storm over the weekend but, hopefully next week we will be able to get a few … Read more
With the unseasonably hot and dry weather we’ve been having, it’s no surprise that timber companies have closed their land to recreational use due to extremely high fire danger. The trails on private land in Skamanaia, Klickitat, Hood River and Wasco counties are closed until further notice. This usually happens every year, but not this … Read more
Got the fishfinder installed in the kayak and repaired all the scratches, so it’s good to go, but it’s been windy and it looks like it’s going to stay that way for awhile so no opportunity to check out the new finder. It’s been windy, but even more important, is that it has been hot! … Read more
It’s been too windy for kayak fishing and the kayak is being repaired anyway, so time to hit the local trails on the mountain bike. The “name brand” trails are getting ridiculously crowded on nice summer weekends so we headed out to some of the local trails that are off the grid. These trails don’t … Read more
It has been really hot around here for a couple weeks making bike riding uncomfortable, at best, so cooler temperatures today and light rain were welcome and greatly appreciated. Of course we are going to take advantage of the conditions and hit the trails. We didn’t get much rain, just enough to put a damper … Read more
The weather here in the Columbia River Gorge has been sunny and hot, really hot. Nineties during the day and barely getting below seventy at night. If you want to go bike riding, it has to be early in the morning or late in the evening. Many of the lower elevation trails are closed because … Read more
The bicycle riding has taken a bit of a backseat in the activitymobile because of the good smallmouth bass fishing, but as is so often the case here in the Columbia River Gorge, the wind has come up and we haven’t had a relatively calm day for a week or so and the upcoming five … Read more
We’ve had a few relatively warm, sunny days but now we are back into the typical Pacific Northwest spring weather pattern of scattered rain showers. In this part of the country, a 50% chance of showers does not mean that there is a 50-50 chance of rain, it means that it is raining and you … Read more
The weather here in the Pacific Northwest looks like it’s going to be nice for awhile which is great news if you are a mountain biker. The trails are drying out and the snow on the higher elevation trails is melting. There are still trees and other blow down on the trails from the winter … Read more