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Throwback Thursday – The Solstice Tree
Walter, Andy and I decorated a random tree out in the woods on Solstice Day. The snow was deep and it took us several attempts to get up the ridge. We tried Pinemont Road and I got stuck. Even with chains on his KLR, my brother didn't make it...
Throwback Thursday: Beaver Creek Run Part 3
Beaver Creek Run Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 It was early afternoon but it seemed much later. The sky was dark and the clouds came right down to the pavement in torrents. Water streamed across every flat surface, cold and black and dirty. When we got to Corvallis we...
Throwback Thursday: Beaver Creek Run Part 2
Beaver Creek Run Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Just before Seal Rock, we turned left onto Beaver Creek Road. We rode several miles up into the hills before we came to the farm where the party was. A steep muddy driveway led from the road into...
Spotted from the truck
Mike and I were out poking around the forest with my dogs Sunday. We found one good chanterelle, some witches butter and a bunch of soggy mush. Snow level in the Columbia Gorge has dipped below 2000'. We stumbled into some...
Winter Traction – The Bacon Tour
These videos are part of a series documenting the 2010 Bacon Tour see them all at Adventure Sidecar on Vimeo We spent the weekend driving on ice in the mountains east of Hood River. Mr. Cob had a two wheel drive Ural with...
Good Morning
1/8/26 5:45 37F (2.7C) There is a light wind blowing a swirling, cold mist. The moon, waning gibbous, and at least one star pierce the thin clouds overhead. Both thermometers read 37F, but it feels colder than that and ice dots the horizontal surfaces....
Good Morning
1/7/26 6:30 38F (3.3C) Clear, mostly, with a cool, inconstant breeze. The moon, three quarters and waning, is resting atop the oaks. Stars are shining in a rich, blue sky. A pair of ducks just landed in the pond. Swooping silently in tandem they banked and...
Good Morning
1/6/26 6:45 32F (0C) The moon, waning gibbous, shines down through the freezing fog onto turf and leaves frosted with ice. A slight breeze flutters the streamers on the tips of the lodge poles . Yesterday, Walter was so clean and fluffy, but early this...
Good Morning
1/5/26 6:30 34F (1.1C) Quiet, cold, and calm. Partially cloudy with a few stars showing. The waning moon, two days past full, shines through the bare oaks. A light freezing mist wafts down, coating everything with a thin layer of ice. Christmas break is...
Good Morning
1/4/26 6:45 37F (2.7C) Fog in the trees, with cold, steady rain and no wind.
