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
Today was the Oregon Trail Rally put on by Rally America here in Hood River, Oregon. It’s a challenging race over dirt/gravel/rock roads that, like today, were slick and wet from days of rain. You can get the stats for the rally HERE, photos are below They are racing on the other side of the … Read more
Finally, and I’ve probably said this before, it looks like the long, wet winter/spring might be over and, hopefully, nicer weather is on the way. Everything is lush and green, but the trails are muddy and slippery. It rained most of yesterday and again last night, but today the sun actually came out and there … Read more
Living between storms seems to be a fact of life around here, that’s the way it goes. Pretty decent rain early this morning, but the sun came out about 9AM, looks like rain for the next few days, so gotta take it when you can get it and off we go. The trails are too … Read more
It’s been raining off and on for a week or so and it looks like more of the same for the upcoming week. However, even here in the rainy Pacific Northwest, the rain stops and the sun comes out. It was a sunny weekend and my friend Dan’s birthday, so he and a bunch of … Read more
I haven’t been to my old Washington home trails since returning to the Gorge, it was another hot, sunny day so over the bridge to check the mail and go for a ride. It was good to be back in the cool, dark Washington woods. It was looking like full-on summer on the trails that … Read more
Today was easily the warmest day of the year, with a record breaking high temperature of 82°F. Don came over with Mandy The Trail Hound and we headed up the hill for a little mountain biking. We got an early start to beat the weekend crowd, which was a good thing because it did get … Read more
After another long wet and cold spring, that looked a lot like winter, we are ready to get the kayaks back in the water and catch some fish. El Niño, La Niña, whatever, the winters have been really hanging on here the past few years. Today the temperature finally hit the mid 70’s, the next … Read more
After a few days of on and off rain, some light sprinkles early this morning and then the sun came out. Still some clouds around, but the sky was mostly blue. Decided to take the mountain bike up the hill and check the trail conditions. The fruit trees in the valley are just about at … Read more
A typical spring day here in the Colombia River Gorge; sunny, raining and cloudy, sometimes all at once. If you wait for a sunny day to get out and do something around here, you won’t be doing much. Too wet to take the mountain bike out on the muddy trails, so out on the wet … Read more