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
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