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Installing Wrayal’s Sidecar

Installing Wrayal’s Sidecar

This article first appeared in Sidecar Traveller Nr.46 October 2019 I recently spent a couple days helping a friend swap his sidecar from a BMW G650 GS to a F800 GS. The 650 was his first sidecar rig; he’d gotten a smoking deal on it and it had served its purpose...

First Fall Foray

First Fall Foray

Summer 2020 in Oregon featured plague, drought, and catastrophic forest fires, but it had been raining hard the first few days of fall. Mike and I went up in the woods Friday to see if we could find any mushrooms. Walter Dawg and I arrived before Mike. Once parked, I...

Birthday Furlough Camp

Birthday Furlough Camp

  My corporate overlords asked for volunteers for a one-week furlough as part of their pandemic austerity measures. I was not sure I was in a better place financially to take the hit than they were, but I was certain I could put the time off to good use, so I...

Out in the Midday Sun

Out in the Midday Sun

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest is a magical place. Elk, deer, bears, and cougars wander through the tall trees and berry fields. Caves and outcroppings of weirdly contorted lava dot the landscape.                 During...

Good Morning

Good Morning

  11/21/25 6:30 33F (0.55C) Clear, calm, cold. It is just above freezing yet the deck has a veneer of ice. What a beautiful dawn. The sky, clear behind a thin, nearly invisible gauze, is brightening through pastel shades of pink and blue. A small bird whistles...

Good Morning

Good Morning

    11/20/25 6:00 42F (5.5C) Dark, moonless and cloudy. It was raining lightly but now it has stopped.  It is a very quiet morning. I wonder what that damn dog is up to?                        ...

Good Morning

Good Morning

      11/19/25 6:30 31F (-0.55C) Partially cloudy and still.  The stars are fleeing the dawning light. It is a very frosty morning.  I think it is the first hard freeze we have had this season.                ...

Good Morning

Good Morning

    11/18/25 5:30 34F (1.1C) Dry, light breeze, broken clouds with a few stars showing through. Amy's up a little early and the lights are on, lending a cheery illumination to the early morning.                  ...