The Columbia River is a major river; fourth largest river in the United States and a treacherous waterway for kayaks. There are strong currents, eddies and whirlpools, then add in the world famous Columbia Gorge wind, it’s a real challenge for even the most experienced kayaker. The ocean has tides, which are hard to paddle … Read more
The snow has finally melted and the roads are clear to the high country lakes in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Hoping the fish would be hungry after a long winter, we headed out past Trout Lake, WA and into the hills for the first time in 2012. The snow was gone, but the rain … Read more
The really great thing about this area is that there are places to go that are not really on the map; no signs, no parking lot, no visitors center, if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll miss it. I went to one of those places today. Not very far away, right down the road … Read more
Sorry to be so late to blog the news, but it was a heck of a weekend here in the PacNW. You never know exactly what you’re going to get around here and that was surely the case last weekend. On Saturday, a bunch of new friends came out to ride Surveyors Ridge. Yes, it’s … Read more
Headed out early this morning to beat the wind for a quick kayak fishing session on Rowland Lake. It’s been pretty windy for the past week or so with rain showers drifting through. Since the trout fishing has been so good lately, that’s what we were looking for, but sorry to report that the trout … Read more
Gray and gloomy in North Bonneville so Don came up to the Hood, where it was nice and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. We heard that the Route 44 trails were open, so we headed up to Surveyors Ridge. Parked at the power lines and headed up the service road to Route 44. … Read more
It’s been raining off and on for the past week, not torrential downpours or anything, just enough to get and keep everything wet. It hasn’t exactly been warm and it’s been windy as well. All you can do is be ready to go when there is a window of clear skies between storms and get … Read more
We ride a lot of singletrack around here, but we also ride miles and miles of paved/gravel/dirt roads. I prefer to ride my Giant Trance X full suspension bike most of the time, but the paved and gravel roads are really making short life of my expensive Kenda Nevegal tires. The tires are great on … Read more
Another awesome day here in the Columbia River Gorge, sunny and mild wind. It was a little chilly out the door this morning, about 38°F, not boardshort weather quite yet. Since Northwestern Lake is history, we headed over to the other neighborhood fishing spot; Rowland Lake. Right off Washington route 14, pretty hard to miss. … Read more
The 2012 kayak fishing season is officially underway. Another long, cold, wet spring looks like it’s finally over and the beautiful Pacific Northwest summer has begun. Many of the lakes in the higher elevations are still covered with snow, but we can start in the valley and work our way up as weather permits. The … Read more